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Summary The Blackvale School for Girls, 1971. It's bad enough that students Samantha (Madison Baines) and Clara (Georgia Acken) can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives at their doorstep—just in time for Christmas.

Directed By: Jenn Wexler

Written By: Sean Redlitz

In Theaters Now
  • 2023
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2023
  • 1 h 39 m
The Sacrifice Game
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
53
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Summary The Blackvale School for Girls, 1971. It's bad enough that students Samantha (Madison Baines) and Clara (Georgia Acken) can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives at their doorstep—just in time for Christmas.

Directed By: Jenn Wexler

Written By: Sean Redlitz

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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14% Mixed
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80
Dec 6, 2023
You’re never left in any doubt that The Sacrifice Game is made by film-makers with affection and respect for horror movies – but it might not be the type of horror movie you thought it was at first sight.
By Catherine Bray FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 3, 2023
The Sacrifice Game is cool, calm, and collected despite bringing so many subgenres to the party, achieving tonal unity that should please crowds and leave them craving whatever comes next for Wexler and company.
By Matt Donato FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 7, 2023
Without talking about how, why, or in what manner, it is Acken who emerges as the darkly delightful standout of The Sacrifice Game.
By Chase Hutchinson FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 8, 2023
It’s a genre blend that’s delightful, baffling, and surprisingly ruthless in its decisive direction with a holiday twist that isn’t necessary for the plot but certainly ties the zany concept together.
By Alison Foreman FULL REVIEW
65
Dec 6, 2023
Entertaining and surprisingly gory, though not particularly ingenious, The Sacrifice Game is a fairly enjoyable and under 100-minute caper about incompetent demon-worshippers led by Disney’s own Prince Aladdin, Mena Massoud, and the power of friendship between women.
By Brianna Zigler FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 15, 2023
The plot of the movie works, but the dialogue definitely does not. The style is fine, but the tone is lacking. The Sacrifice Game is a film with the potential to be something cool and eerie, but the final product doesn't live up to that.
By Nadir Samara FULL REVIEW
25
Dec 8, 2023
There’s not enough cold sweat ambience here, and that makes it even harder to root for a modestly budgeted chiller whose creators clearly started their project from a place of cinephilic affection. Even sympathetic genre fans will have trouble finding something new about such old hat material.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Amg Music Film Television, Convoke Media, Real by Fake, Red Sea Media
Release Date Dec 8, 2023
Duration 1 h 39 m
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Website https://amzn.to/3RudCo9
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Awards

Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fantasia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Knoxville Horror Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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