Penny Lane Is Dead

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Penny Lane Is Dead

2025

1h 30m

Comedy

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

6d

3/4

While you should know going in what Penny Lane is Dead is going to show you, I say stick with this one, no matter how uncomfortable the experience of watching may prove to be.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Aug 25

3/5

The bits where Wright-Mendelsohn and Fereday, both of them great, slug it out and hurl insults at each other are the best parts of the film, full of Catfight-style grudge-match malice.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

Jul 27

3/5

In spirit, this is a film of the present rather than the past.

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Codie Allen

fade in, breathe out (Substack)

3d

4/5

This movie rips.

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Samantha McLaren

MovieJawn

4d

With a tight 90-minute runtime and a story that keeps things interesting, PENNY LANE IS DEAD is still more than worthy of your watchlist.

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

4d

5/5

When Penny Lane is Dead inevitably takes that hard left turn into fatalistic territory, Russell makes damn sure the audience feels every ounce of disgust and rage, throbbing like a headache after a weekend bender.

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Bright A

@RT78148800 18h

I have never written a review. But I logged in, created an account and sat down to point out how horrible this movie is.. acting 0, plot 0, even the gore is basically non-existent. This is the worst slasher I have seen in my life.. don't bother yourself with this nonsense.. it's 90mins too long

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Aldis H

@plever 2d

Could have almost been good, but ... nah, couldn't have even ALMOST been good. Piece of sht.

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Simone D

@Simone-film 2d

I absolutely loved this film. Brutal and brilliant with some reviewers focusing too much on an attempted SA that happens OFF SCREEN. This is a film drenched in female jealousy and rage, with enough gore and blood to satisfy the horror crowd.

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B P

@Bradster69 3d

Brutal gore, sapphic romance, and old-school Ozploitation thrills collide in Mia’Kate Russell’s exciting feature debut.

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tm11999 M

@tm11999 3d

good watch, everybody is an a-hole. the girls are appealing and the bad guys are really bad. mean people all around. you can watch this.

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Stoner J

@Stoner 4d

Awesome, bloody thrill ride horror flick. It’s the Australian Last House on the Left, better though.

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Synopsis

Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

Director: Mia'Kate Russell
Producer: Julie Ryan, Ari Harrison, André Lima, Carly Maple
Screenwriter: Mia'Kate Russell
Distributor: Shudder
Production Co: Sanctuary Pictures, Buffalo Media
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2026
Runtime: 1h 30m

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