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| Directed by | Ben Wheatley |
| Produced by | Claire Jones Andy Starke |
| Written by | Ben Wheatley Amy Jump |
| Starring | Neil Maskell Michael Smiley MyAnna Buring Emma Fryer |
| Music by | Jim Williams |
| Cinematography | Laurie Rose |
| Editing by | Ben Wheatley Robin Hill Amy Jump |
| Studio | Rook Films Warp X Film4 Productions Screen Yorkshire UK Film Council |
| Distributed by | Optimum Releasing (UK) IFC Films (US) |
| Release date(s) | 28 August 2011 (FrightFest (UK Premiere)) 2 September 2011 (UK) |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £500,000 |
Kill List is 2011 British horror film from Ben Wheatley, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. When a British soldier (Maskell) returns home from Kiev, he joins an old friend as contract killers. His disturbed past surfaces as he spins out of control during jobs and ominous employers raise the stakes. It was filmed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in England.
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The film's North American Premiere was March 12, 2011 at SXSW in Austin. Receiving much festival buzz, the film's North American Distribution rights were purchased by IFC Films.[1]
The film has received critical acclaim and has received an 82% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Total Film gave the film a five-star review (denoting 'outstanding'): "Authentic dialogue, pitch-perfect performances and seductively scuzzy images comprise a film funny and bleak, tender and cruel, serious and 'out-there'. British horror has rarely hit these heights since the mid-'70s."[2] Chris Tookey of the Daily Mail gave the film two stars out of five, saying that the film was a "frustrating mixture of promising and atrocious".[3]