Needle

2010

Needle

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Movie Info

A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at Saint Mary's College.

Cast

Michael Dorman
as Ben Rutherford
Travis Fimmel
as Marcus Rutherford
Ben Mendelsohn
as Det. Meares
Trilby Glover
as Isobel
Nathaniel Buzolic
as Ryan
Jessica Marais
as Kandi
Jane Badler
as Professor Banyon
Khan Chittenden
as Jed
Luke Carroll
as Nelson
John Jarratt
as Paul the Coroner
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Critic Reviews for Needle

All Critics (3) | Fresh (3)

  • While it may not be innovative or stylistically impressive, this modest horror flick still delivers decent scares.

    Jul 25, 2011 | Full Review…

    Joshua Blackman

    FILMINK (Australia)

  • Taking a fresh twist on the college campus serial killer sub genre of horror, John V. Soto delivers an engaging and well executed supernatural thriller in which mechanical voodoo (not the hip hop band) is the weapon of choice for the killer

    Jul 23, 2011 | Full Review…

    Andrew L. Urban

    Urban Cinefile

  • To the film's credit, it lacks the smug self-awareness that predominates the modern teen horror genre, but that commitment to integrity gives Needle a retro familiarity that the key demographic may find a little too quaint.

    Jul 11, 2011 | Full Review…

    Simon Foster

    sbs.com.au
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Audience Reviews for Needle

  • Jun 03, 2016
    Why can't Australians just be Australian?
    Gimly M Super Reviewer
  • Aug 17, 2015
    Here's my review via my blog https://multiscreenmotivision.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/sewing-suspense-and-horror-with-needle/
    Kym (c my community profile) R Super Reviewer
  • Mar 24, 2012
    Teen-type horror thats not as shit as i thought it'd be. A student gets left some random old machine and doesn't know what to do with it but it seems to have a dodgy past so when it gets stolen you know whats going to happen! Yes, its an ancient device used for killing people in horrible ways and now its being used to kill a group of friends at the students uni. Although the set ups familiar the use of machine type shit isn't so Needle deserves credit for that. Plus theres some gore and a few hot women including a couple of lesbians so as far as teen horrors go, Needle's not bad.
    Adam M Super Reviewer
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