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Amusement is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 20 january 2009 with Keir O'Donnell
Amusement (2008)
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Add to a movie listAmusement 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.
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During the opening credits, pictures of three girls when they were children, as adolescent, and as young adult are shown. The girls are Tabitha 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.Actors
Keir O'Donnell
(The Laugh)
Katheryn Winnick
(Tabitha)
Laura Breckenridge
(Shelby)
Jessica Lucas
(Lisa)
Tad Hilgenbrink
(Rob)
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