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Besetment

  • 2017
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
736
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Besetment (2017)
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HorrorThriller

After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.After struggling to find employment, Amanda takes a hotel position in a small town where she ends up fighting for her life.

  • Director
    • Brad Douglas
  • Writer
    • Brad Douglas
  • Stars
    • John T. Woods
    • Abby Wathen
    • Lindsae Klein
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    736
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Brad Douglas
    • Writer
      • Brad Douglas
    • Stars
      • John T. Woods
      • Abby Wathen
      • Lindsae Klein
    • 23User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Besetment: Guess Who Is Getting A Marriage License
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    Besetment: What Do You Do Around Here?
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    Besetment: What Do You Do Around Here?

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    John T. Woods
    John T. Woods
    • Mark - Career Counselor
    Abby Wathen
    Abby Wathen
    • Amanda Millard
    Lindsae Klein
    • Amanda's Mother
    Marlyn Mason
    Marlyn Mason
    • Mildred Colvin
    Michael Meyer
    • Billy Colvin
    Jim Stark
    • Pickup Truck Driver
    Ed Simper
    • Grocery Store Clerk
    Douglas Rowe
    Douglas Rowe
    • Pastor Ben Hastings
    Chuck Greenwood
    • Amanda's Mom's Boyfriend
    Sonya Davis
    • Brittany
    Olivia Jane Catmull
    • Waitress
    Max Gutfreund
    • Brad
    Hugh Reed
    • Bear Owner
    Henry
    • Bear
    Liam O'Sruitheain
    • Doctor Hanson
    Greg James
    Greg James
    • Sheriff Joe Palin
    Hannah Barefoot
    Hannah Barefoot
    • Deputy Julie Nelson
    Ashley Layton
    • Court Clerk
    • Director
      • Brad Douglas
    • Writer
      • Brad Douglas
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    User reviews23

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    6Daman-Malone

    A good movie

    Reading some peoples reviews on this is pitiful. The story is solid, acting is good the camera work could be better (seeing camera man in window of Sheriff Joe's Jeep outside the restaurant), sound is ok. Over all it's a good film, not every movie needs to be on a super explosive Hollywood budget. Like many die hard horror fans, we will watch good, bad and really bad and somewhere in-between each of those is the "it's not bad but not good either". This movie is certainly not an edge of a seat sitter or splatter/slasher flick but it does tell a good story and it shows some good acting by leads.
    2RandomTard

    Amateurish and very bad

    This movie has been done with a small budget and it shows. There is nothing good that can be said about it. Acting is horrible, script is idiotic and even the fake blood looks like ketchup. I really had to struggle to watch this trash to the end, and the ending was ridiculously stupid.
    1j_crawford

    God-AWFUL

    I have pretty low standards and I don't ever care to write reviews but I've GOT to say that THIS was the worse movie I've ever watched. The. Worst. You can tell that there was no budget. Like, at all.
    3a_baron

    Besetment

    Most horror films dehumanise men, regardless of the sex of the victims; this one has a female villain, and it doesn't work any better. Amanda is out of work and desperately seeking to get away from her alcoholic mother. Out of the blue she lands a job that is not really commuting distance, so it is agreed she will stay over during the week. It entails working at a small hotel in the middle of nowhere, one that doesn't appear to have any guests, and is run by a matronly old woman, and her son who although not an imbecile is totally under his mother's thumb.

    Three weeks or so into her tenure, Amanda receives some startling news: she is pregnant. This is startling indeed because she has not had sex, like ever. Difficult to believe in this day and age outside of an Amish, Moslem or Orthodox Jewish sect. So how did she get pregnant? The flashback is, well, grotesque, and that's without the incest. The woman who runs the hotel is clearly as mad as a box of frogs if she thinks she can get away with what she plans.

    There would have been a relatively happy ending, but they had to go and spoilt it. Don't watch this one if you are easily disturbed; stick to films that won't give you nightmares, like those about zombies and vampires.
    4thecatabolicmerkitten

    Not bad for the budget

    You can tell it's extremely low production, but it was a really interesting/messed up plot. Watchable for horror fans.

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      When the sheriff enters the hotel he quickly runs up the stairs. It cuts back to a deputy then back to him as he comes back down the stairs. When he reaches the bottom you can clearly see a cameraman, standing in the back door with a camera on a tripod.

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Заключённая
    • Filming locations
      • Mitchell, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Barbed Wire Films
      • Blue Couch Media
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 16m(76 min)
    • Color
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