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Lyle

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
727
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Gaby Hoffmann in Lyle (2014)
A mother's grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.
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A mother's grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.A mother's grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.A mother's grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.

  • Director
    • Stewart Thorndike
  • Writer
    • Stewart Thorndike
  • Stars
    • Gaby Hoffmann
    • Ingrid Jungermann
    • Eleanor Hopkins
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    727
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stewart Thorndike
    • Writer
      • Stewart Thorndike
    • Stars
      • Gaby Hoffmann
      • Ingrid Jungermann
      • Eleanor Hopkins
    • 22User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gaby Hoffmann
    Gaby Hoffmann
    • Leah
    Ingrid Jungermann
    Ingrid Jungermann
    • June
    Eleanor Hopkins
    • Lyle
    Rebecca Street
    • Karen
    Kim Allen
    Kim Allen
    • Taylor
    Ella Bishop
    • Model
    Anna Dale-Meunier
    Anna Dale-Meunier
    • Model
    • (as Anna Dale-Muenier)
    Wilbenson Eugene
    • Delivery Man
    Michael Che
    Michael Che
    • Threes
    Ashlie Atkinson
    Ashlie Atkinson
    • Therapist
    Charly Easterly
    • Charly
    Margauex Whitney
    • Margauex
    Seth Redniss
    • Xavier
    Anastasia Frank
    • Party Guest
    Mia Cioffi Henry
    Mia Cioffi Henry
    • Party Guest
    Mike Lau
    • Party Guest
    Josh Leffel
    • Party Guest
    Charlie Scharfman
    • Party Guest
    • Director
      • Stewart Thorndike
    • Writer
      • Stewart Thorndike
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    6aratron-00391

    Slow but good effort

    This film borrows elements from two films - Antichrist and Rosemary's Baby. Gaby Hoffman does a good job and her performance is strong. The actress that plays the land lady does a good job being creepy. I thought the score was pretty eerie setting the stage for the coming dread.
    8edeninvsvs

    True horror is revealed

    This is a slow burn movie...I enjoyed it. Along the lines of Rosemary's baby with a modern feel. Great acting from the lead.
    8edgeofreality

    Internet witchery

    Solidly made, engrossing, pleasantly short modern horror fable, updating Rosemary's Baby to our seemingly more enlightened times to show that evil doesn't change. The most chilling scenes take place online, which says a lot about the current state of humanity. Main actress is memorable, but the villains lack charisma.
    4thefabmasterbats

    Pregnant woman is pregnant

    Pretty good little flick, given its runtime of 1hr 2mins. I've seen movies where I wished the opening titles were the closing credits, not the case here.

    Performances were a bit uneven, however the lead, Gaby Hoffman was quite good at playing her character Leah.

    I can't give much praise for actor director. Ingrid Jungermann, her performance seemed 'stiff' but am curious to see her directorial debut, Women who Kill.

    Not sure if this was meant to be psychological or supernatural or if that was the point of it. Being vague. I'm leaning psychological because pregnant women can get kinda kooky lol.

    I don't want to make any comparisons or give anything away, but just say that I enjoyed my hour with this flick.

    4 generous stars.
    3zero_destiny_0

    Not worth the money.

    This movie masquerades under the guise of woman-driven horror movie, but the reality, as they say, cannot be farther from the truth. This clumsily shot film centers around a main character, a pregnant lesbian woman, who loses her toddler when said toddler falls out a window. She then spirals downward into deepening insanity as she is determined to protect her unborn child from everything and everyone, and everyone, she thinks, is out to get her.

    It sounds like a fair premise, but the way it is told is very poorly done. The story is dull, hold no rhythm, and makes no sense. There is no rhyme or reason to her thought process or actions; even insanity must give some kind of twisted reason, but in this movie there is none of that. It tries to go into a five minute introduction to perhaps some kind of supernatural deal with the devil, but without explanation or further study it becomes pointless and confuses the viewer.

    As a horror movie, Lyle fails in a spectacular fashion. There are no scares, at all. There are no jump scares, no psychological thrill, and, perhaps worse of all, not even a single tense moment. The boring camera views and bleak colors do nothing to help this movie either.

    I am sad I wasted my time viewing this during free time better spent on virtually anything else. I would not give a single dollar to their next movie if this is the best they have to show for their lazy, half-baked efforts.

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    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama
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    Horror

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    • Trivia
      In one scene, while researching the history of the building, Leah is wearing a shirt with the Tower of London prominently featured on the front. She clicks on a website that says "Boy deaths." The Tower is famous for many things, but among them is that it is the site where two York princes disappeared in the 1400s. The two young princes were never discovered but it has been theorized that they were murdered by their uncle King Richard III to further his political ambitions, which of course is part of the theme of this movie.
    • Goofs
      When Leah first notices the toy horse standing up in the crib, the wide shot clearly shows the horse still lying on its side.

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    • Release date
      • July 12, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 莱尔
    • Production company
      • Tacoma Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 2m(62 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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