Muck (film)
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| Directed by | Steve Wolsh |
| Written by | Steve Wolsh |
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Lachlan Buchanan Puja Mohindra Bryce Draper Stephanie Danielson Laura Jacobs Grant Alan Ouzts Lauren Francesca Jaclyn Swedberg Kane Hodder |
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WithAnO Productions
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| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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90 Minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $250,000 |
Muck is a 2015 supernatural horror film and the directorial debut of Steve Wolsh, who also wrote and produced the film. It had its world premiere on February 26, 2015 at The Playboy Mansion and received a limited theatrical release on March 13 of the same year, followed by a video on demand release on March 17. It stars Lachlan Buchanan, Playboy Playmate of the Year 2012 Jaclyn Swedberg, Stephanie Danielson, YouTube star Lauren Francesca, and Kane Hodder. Funding for Muck was partially raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $266,325.
Muck is the first film in a trilogy and will be followed by Muck: Feast of Saint Patrick, which will serve as a prequel to the events in the 2015 film.
After narrowly escaping from an ancient burial ground, long forgotten and buried underneath the marshes of Cape Cod, a group of friends emerge from the thick, marshy darkness, tattered and bloody, lucky to be alive. They have already lost two of their friends in the marsh, presumably dead. They stumble upon an empty Cape Cod vacation house alongside the foggy marsh and break in to take shelter. Whatever was in the marsh is still after them and, soon after one of them goes for help, the rest of the group learns that the evil in the marsh is not the only thing that wants them dead. Something worse, something more savage, is lying in wait just outside the marsh, in the house. The unlucky travelers spend their St. Patrick's Day trapped between two evils, forcing them to fight, die, or go back the way they came.
The Muck soundtrack features 20 original tracks, and is a mixture of rock, blues, and country. The original score was composed by Dan Marschak and Miles Senzaki.
Critical reception for Muck has been predominantly negative and the film holds a rating of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews. Common elements of criticism centered upon the film's plot, which The Village Voice considered "as scant and demeaning as the costumes". The Los Angeles Times and Bloody Disgusting noted that while the film appeared to be meant as "a throwback to old-school horror", but that "Rather than evincing any expertise or affinity for the genre, Wolsh's effort seems glib and hollow." We Got This Covered also panned the film, writing that "Muck isn't a horror movie - it's a wannabe skinflick that would ignore an on-screen kill if the actress' breasts were jiggling in the slightest. Because bewbz!"
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