Antlers

2021
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

46K

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In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral cr... Read allIn an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

46K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,260

2,329

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 nominations

Trivia
The narration at the beginning of the film is in the Ojibwe language, still spoken nowadays.

Goofs
The flag on the uniform that Paul wears is facing the wrong way.Police uniforms have the flag with the stars facing the rear while military personnel have the flag with the stars facing forward.

Quotes
Lucas Weaver: Once, there were three bears that lived in a dark and wet cave above a small town. Every day, Little Bear went to school, and at night he would come home and eat dinner. But one day, the little bear came home, and Big Bear and Baby Bear were different. Big Bear got sick and his insides turned black. Big Bear has become more angrier and meaner, because they had no food, no meat. But they had each other.

Crazy credits
The Searchlight Pictures logo does not have the usual fanfare.

Connections
Featured in Dead Meat Horror Awards 2022 (2022)

Soundtracks
Leave Oregon
Written and Performed by Tyler Stenson

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Review

Featured review

5/10

A Slow Brooding Mess with Little Pay Off

Antlers nails the setting and mood, using Oregon as a back drop for this slow moving film about a school teacher (Keri Russell) who begins to investigate one of her students disturbing art. While the acting is strong, and there are some basic elements of horror that work, overall the movie is a lot less than the sum of it's parts.

While the movie sets up a strong base for a creepy story, the film does very little with it. We are treated to cliche soup, including creepy kid with art book, 'powerless' authority figures and even the hints of past tragedy to try to add layers to the characters.

In the end, the film falls back into the same patterns of all mediocre horror films, and putters out without much impact.

This movie takes itself very seriously, and wants you to as well. Unfortunately, other than some good elements of mood and solid acting there isn't much here.