The Price We Pay

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The Price We Pay

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2023

1h 26m

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Mystery & Thriller

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From the director of Midnight Meat Train comes this gripping thriller starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Stephen Dorff (Blade). After an intense holdup at a pawnshop, Grace is taken hostage by the thieves. Forced to take refuge at a remote farmhouse late at night, they discover a secret dungeon with evidence of sadistic violence--and when "Grandfather" comes home, all hell breaks loose. Can Grace muster the courage to escape the gut-wrenching fates that befall her criminal companions?

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Oct 10, 2023

2/5

Clearly this has been fashioned for viewers who think inventive special effects involving exploding bags of blood and baling wire are fun, which they can be if you have the stomach for it.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

Jan 13, 2023

1/4

No discount thrill is high enough for The Price We Pay to be worth its rock-bottom terror.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Jan 13, 2023

The cast is fine, but there’s a dispiriting dourness to the film. Nevertheless, after a slow start, Kitamura does offer up some impressive splatter scenes...

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Joel Harley

Starburst

Oct 2, 2023

3/5

This is a film of two halves – neither one particularly new or original, but both of them directed by the singular talent which is Ryûhei Kitamura.

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Eric Langberg

Everything's Interesting

Mar 19, 2023

...a violent climax full of campy, shocking, gleefully-gory imagery. If you’re the kind of horror fan willing to sit through an often-mediocre movie just to get those delicious morsels of daft zaniness, then The Price We Pay is for you.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Feb 27, 2023

The Price We Pay is yet another tedious and moronic slasher flick that's a very bad imitation of 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. If you're going to copy a horror classic, at least make it compelling. The Price We Pay fails miserably on every level.

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Jessica

Jan 14, 2023

this movie was epic!!! Kitamura takes you on a wild ride. My adrenaline was pumping the entire time!!!

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SJ Kim

Jan 14, 2023

Surprisingly great movie.So intense, violent and gore. Final big kill scene was so over the top! Loved it.

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Rich C.

@Cordu0702 Jan 24, 2026

Really good film. Great story and loved the setting of the film.Really enjoyed it.

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Emilliano Jr S

@emill_santos Oct 23, 2024

Predictable but worth the watch.

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Chris B

@Cwisbee Oct 16, 2024

This is a cut above the usual kidnap torture splatter horrors for two reasons, the back story of the heist is really well done and secondly it features really good acting (apart from Granpa).

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Cristian s

@cristiansj Feb 1, 2024

Baratita pero cumplidora. Tiene buen ritmo, la historia es desordenada pero no se cae a pedazos (que dure una hora veinte seguro ayuda), tiene algún giro decente, sorprende con buenas escenas de gore y efectos prácticos. Para ser una película de bajo presupuesto lo hace bastante bien.

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From the director of Midnight Meat Train comes this gripping thriller starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Stephen Dorff (Blade). After an intense holdup at a pawnshop, Grace is taken hostage by the thieves. Forced to take refuge at a remote farmhouse late at night, they discover a secret dungeon with evidence of sadistic violence--and when "Grandfather" comes home, all hell breaks loose. Can Grace muster the courage to escape the gut-wrenching fates that befall her criminal companions?

Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Producer: Mark Andrews, Jessica Bennett, Robert Dean, Stephanie Denton, Bill Kelman, Todd Lundbohm, Andre Relis
Screenwriter: Christopher Jolley
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Doco Digital, VMI Worldwide, 828 Productions, Buffalo 8 Productions
Rating: R (Strong Horror Violence|Pervasive Language|Gore)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 10, 2023
Runtime: 1h 26m

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