Acolytes

Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror and thriller film about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week. It won awards at film festivals in Austin and Melbourne, including a tie for the Best Film of 2008 award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.. The film holds a 75% fresh rating with Rotten Tomatoes Over the course of a week, the lives of three teenage friends will suddenly c... More

Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror and thriller film about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week. It won awards at film festivals in Austin and Melbourne, including a tie for the Best Film of 2008 award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.. The film holds a 75% fresh rating with Rotten Tomatoes Over the course of a week, the lives of three teenage friends will suddenly change. James Tresswick (Joshua Payne) and Mark Vincent (Sebastian Gregory) are teenagers in their final year of school and the victims of Gary Parker (Michael Dorman) who raped both them when they were younger. They still live in fear of him after he is released from prison for this crime. A brain damaged teenage girl named Tanya who has gone missing is run down by a car and killed while walking in a pine forest. Later, wandering alone in a the forest, Mark secretly witnesses a man (Joel Edgerton) burying a body. The two friends decide to go...

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