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Every Single Someone
Directed bySamuel Marko
Written bySamuel Marko
Produced byVirgilio San Andres IV
Coalton Hostetler
StarringLuke Krogmeier
Megan Elisabeth Kelly
Luke Towle
CinematographyNils Alan Eklund
Production
company
BigRock Productions
Release date
  • June 2021 (2021-06)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Every Single Someone is a 2021 American found footage horror film written and directed by Samuel Marko. It follows a group of college students who hire a contract killer.[1]

Cast

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  • Luke Krogmeier as Lee[2]
  • Megan Elisabeth Kelly as Arlis[2]
  • Luke Towle as Amos[2]
  • Keehnan Anderson as Kendrick[2]
  • Sam Delossantos as Owen[2]
  • Garrett Martin as Damon[2]

Plot

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The film opens with cell phone footage of a college couple, Lee and Arlis, on a date in downtown Denver. Months later, a camera crew is in Arlis’ college dorm room documenting a fight between the two students that concludes with Arlis breaking up with Lee. Distraught, Lee returns to his dorm room, where his friends Kendrick, Damon, and Owen comfort him before going to a house party.

Meanwhile, an unnamed woman negotiates with a contract killer to injure a local drug dealer who has been selling drugs to her son. The contract killer, Amos, rides his motorcycle to the drug dealer's apartment and beats him, then returns to his own apartment.

Lee decides that the best way to get revenge on Arlis for breaking up with him is to hire a contract killer. After convincing his friends, they search the dark web and make contact with Amos. Amos meets with the boys in a local park, and agrees to kill Arlis.

Amos sneaks into the college dormitories at night with the camera crew. The crew shuts off the camera so that it doesn’t make noise, then Amos kills Arlis in her dorm room. Amos returns to his apartment and appears upset. Lee talks to Damon about one of Damon’s past relationships.

After the murder, Lee and his friends appear unbothered. Using homemade masks, they rob Damon’s ex-girlfriend and use her money to go out to a restaurant. Later, Lee eats cereal and watches news coverage of Arlis’ murder. He goes to the campus gym and arranges to adopt a puppy from a local animal shelter. When the puppy arrives at the dorms, Lee and his friends use a hammer to kill it.

Amos becomes angry after watching news coverage of the murder and calls Lee, but Lee dismisses him. While listening to loud music in their dorm, a resident assistant tells Lee and his friends to turn the music down. The group breaks into the resident assistant’s room and beats him. Later, Lee and Kendrick watch television, and Kendrick questions their actions. Lee and Damon buy liquor and attend another house party. Lee begins kissing a girl from the party, before he bites out her tongue and masturbates.

At Amos’ apartment, Amos and the camera crew are interrupted by a private investigator breaking down the door. Amos questions the private investigator at gunpoint before shooting him. Amos pours gasoline over his belongings and leaves on his motorcycle. In a restaurant bathroom, three more men attack Amos, and he shoots them. Amos is later shown talking on a payphone, where an unknown voice chastises him.

At the dorms, Lee reads a note written by Amos and calls him. The two agree that a confrontation is inevitable. Lee and his friends prepare by taping plastic wrap to the inside of their dorm room and acquiring hand-to-hand weapons. Amos arrives at the dormitories to kill the boys. He is wounded by Damon, but kills him, Kendrick, and Owen with guns before injuring Lee’s leg. Lee crawls to a window as Amos approaches him, before the film stock apparently runs out. We later see an injured Amos walking through the campus while police vehicles surround him.

Release

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Every Single Someone was released during the Covid-19 pandemic on June 25, 2021. [3]

Reception

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The film received mixed reviews from critics.[4]

Michael Talbot-Haynes of Film Threat rated the film 7.5/10, writing that “Every Single Someone is some strong stuff and should be sought out by connoisseurs of dangerous and upsetting art.”[5]

Erik Childress of eFilmCritic was critical of the film, writing "These characters are not very bright, but worse than that they are just not interesting - either as people or amalgams of a larger problem," and rating the film 2 out of 5 stars. [6] Shikhar Verma of High on Films also gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing "The shock value that Marko is aiming for completely misses the mark and all the heavy lifting that is done by his better-than-average cast comes down crashing." [7]

References

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  1. ^ Piepenburg, Erik (August 19, 2022). "Five Horror Movies to Stream Now". The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f ""Every Single Someone (2021)"". Cult Critic Review Aggregator. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Every Single Someone (2021)". AZ Movies. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Every Single Someone (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango.
  5. ^ Talbot-Haynes, Michael (June 15, 2021). "Every Single Someone". Film Threat. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Childress, Erik (August 6, 2021). "Every Single Someone". eFilmCritic.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  7. ^ Verma, Shikhar (July 12, 2021). ""Every Single Someone"[2021] Review: Quasi-Documentary Style Fictional Story Explores The Ramification of Violence with Implausible Results". High on Films. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
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Category:2020s English-language films Category:American horror films Category:2021 films Category:2021 horror films Category:American crime films Category:2020s American films

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