Indie thriller “Cheap Thrills”, directed by E.L Katz, generated a lot of buzz throughout its festival run earlier this year. The new red band trailer and theatrical poster have just been released, and the trailer sets up what seems to be a hell of a ride. It always helps having Sara Paxton getting involved too. Cheap Thrills will be released through Drafthouse Films in limited theaters March 21.
PLOT: Cheap Thrills follows Craig (Pat Healy), a struggling family man who loses his low-wage job and is threatened with eviction. In an effort to delay facing the music at home, he heads to a local bar and encounters an old friend (Ethan Embry). The two friends are roped into a round of drinks by a charismatic and obscenely wealthy stranger (David Koechner) along with his mysterious wife (Sara Paxton). The couple engages the two friends in a series of innocent dares in exchange for money over the course of the evening, with each challenge upping the ante in both reward and boundaries. It seems like easy and much needed money, but the couple’s twisted sense of humor pushes just how far Craig and his friend are willing to go for money and cheap thrills.
