Amusement (film)
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| Directed by | John Simpson |
| Produced by | Neal Edelstein Merideth Finn Mike Macari Udi Nedivi |
| Written by | Jake Wade Wall |
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Keir O'Donnell Katheryn Winnick Laura Breckenridge Jessica Lucas |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Mark Garrett |
| Edited by | Chris Willingham David Handman |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $170,255 |
Amusement is a 2008 American horror film directed by John Simpson and starring Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge and Jessica Lucas. The film went direct-to-video in January 2009. It was the last film to be distributed by Picturehouse Entertainment before their closure in 2008 and relaunch in 2013.
During the opening credits, pictures of three girls when they were children, as adolescent, and as young adult are shown. The girls are Tabitha "Tabby" Wright, Lisa Swan, and Shelby Leds. These girls have great potential — "to succeed, be famous and shine" respectively — according to their senior class yearbooks. It also shows a young unnamed boy who is very psychologically disturbed as it clearly states in his psychiatric report, and that he is extremely dangerous and currently detained.
Shelby and her boyfriend Rob are on the highway headed to Cincinnati, Ohio. On the way there, they join a convoy of vehicles, consisting of a semitruck and a Jeep. The convoy decides to pull over for gas. Rob then meets the drivers of the two vehicles. The driver of the semi tells them that the highway ahead has bad traffic and he can show them an alternate route. While in the car, Shelby sees a frightened woman in the window of the semi.
After they are on the road again, Shelby sees the same girl. A piece of paper flies from the semi, hitting their windshield. It says, "Help Me". Moments later, the girl jumps from the semi and lands on their car. The semi continues to drive as Rob, Shelby and the driver of the Jeep stop to help the girl.
Rob gets back in his car and chases the semi to get his plates at the demands of Shelby. The driver soon ends up cornering Rob and then taking off back down the hill. When Rob gets back to where the others are, the girls are gone and so is the semi. The driver of the Jeep says that he took them. Both men get in the Jeep and track the semi to an old house. When they arrive, the driver of the Jeep says he wants to try to stop the semi driver first. He moves to the front of the house, concealing himself behind the screen door as the semi driver talks to someone over the phone.
Meanwhile, Rob waits in the Jeep. He hears a noise and finds a CB-radio in the center console. Upon hearing another noise in the back seat, he turns and sees movement under a tarp. He removes the tarp only to find the two women bound and gagged.
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