On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that his ashes be spread over the top of his wife's grave. Jason, who came to the city with his father at a young age, remembers little of the town or his mother, but he undertakes the charge. It is an idyllic place, but gradually snips of memory return, until he remembers the significance of the fact that most of the tombstones in the town cemetery, including his mother's, bear the same day and month, one death each year. ... (Full plot summary below)
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On his deathbed in the hospital, Jason's father asks that his ashes be spread over the top of his wife's grave. Jason, who came to the city with his father at a young age, remembers little of the town or his mother, but he undertakes the charge. It is an idyllic place, but gradually snips of memory return, until he remembers the significance of the fact that most of the tombstones in the town cemetery, including his mother's, bear the same day and month, one death each year. Caught up in the memory of the lottery he saw as a child, and the one he is trapped in today, escape is difficult and retribution is.
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| User ReviewBrandon F(Given the dearth of information on this Flixter page, I'm making an assumption that this page refers to the same film I'm reviewing!!) I first saw this film when it premiered on TV 10-12 years ago and forgot the name. Years later I came across it again and finally got the DVD version. Based on the short story by horror writer Shirley Jackson (who also wrote "The Haunting Of Hill House"), "The Lottery" is the film adaption of a story that was controversial in the USA of 1948 when it was first published. It follows the tale of a man who returns to the village of his distant childhood to locate his mother's grave thus enabling him to scatter his father's ashes by her side. The villagers however are particularly unhelpful, at first claiming no knowledge of her, then giving conflicting accounts of how his mother died, until they become openly hostile towards him. There are two twists to the tale, one being the truth regarding his mother's death, followed by a more subtle and disturbing one right at the very end. Although a modern, well-produced little film, "The Lottery" has the feel of an earlier era of "The Wicker Man" or "Doomwatch" in its tale of a strange isolated community with a nasty secret to hide. With an almost perfect pace, good solid performances from the whole cast, and the eerie paradox of perfectly happy, yet strangely disturbing village life, this is one of my favourite films. |
| User ReviewMatthew MThis movie does its job. It is a great thriller and I remember seeing most of it as a kid so I decided to give it another more full viewing. I remember the stoning and it is pretty violent for a TV movie. The movie has a depressing ending. I felt the way the town was so quiet and secluded was well done. |
| User ReviewTania Cawesome movie, not a very well known one, but very intresting! |
| User ReviewAnna NI didn't think this movie was half bad. More like a TV movie...but if you can get it for free....definitely watch it! In a way it's like a lame version of the wicker man....but still neat to watch. |
| User ReviewDerek JA decent attempt to adapt a short story, but it gives up on itself for the last half-hour |
| User ReviewJasmine Bi watched this movie on lifetime. i thought it was ok and gruesome. it had keri russell in it. what that town did every year is horrible. scarficing a member of your town and then stoning them to death is wrong.i didnt like the ending because it left you wondering what happens next. |
| User ReviewEleonora EA thrilling movie the first time you see it but after that euh... |
| User ReviewCurtis MI am going to guess that this one is a made-for-TV movie that came out when I was in Grade 11. This is an adaptation of the Shirley Jackson short story (and if you don't know what I'm talking about, you probably skipped school the day you were supposed to take it, or else your school sucked and you never took it). Understandably, they expanded it quite a bit and, while not a classic, it does pass the time. |
| User ReviewSarah FI saw half of this on TV a while ago. Was slightly disturbing. |
| User ReviewKathy KNot bad, but not exactly riveting. NCIS fans watch for Probie (McGee). |
