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Acolytes is a Australien film of genre Thriller released in USA on 20 september 2008 with Joel Edgerton
Acolytes (2009)
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Add to a movie listAcolytes is a 2008 Australian horror 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.
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James and Mark are teenagers in their final year of school and victims of Gary Parker, who raped them when they were younger. They still live in fear of him after he is released from prison for this crime.Actors
Joel Edgerton
(Ian Wright)
Sebastian Gregory
(Mark)
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
(Chasely)
Michael Dorman
(Gary Parker)
Belinda McClory
(Kay Wright)
Bella Heathcote
(Petra)
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