Uncle Sam

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Uncle Sam

R

1997

1h 28m

Horror

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A Gulf War veteran rises from the dead to wreak vengeance upon unpatriotic residents of his hometown.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

06/29/2022

William Lustig and Larry Cohen team up to bring you this curdled rumination on small-town Americana, jingoism, and the hell that is warfare.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

05/16/2006

B+

Reinvigorates stale horror clichs via both tongue-in-cheek social commentary and an unironic, unbridled love for blood-and-guts mayhem.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

04/20/2005

3.5/4

Lustig's surprisingly evocative widescreen compositions are peppered with an absurd parade of Americana.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

6d

3/5

Uncle Sam is at its best when it clumsily tackles serious subjects like the vague goals of modern warfare. Though its moments of horror are only mildly entertaining, the heavy themes and strange choices combine to make this an oddly watchable film.

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Steve

Dread Central

08/02/2010

3/5

Uncle Sam may never be widely considered as a classic horror flick, but it's leaps and bounds better than the usual crap that's shoved down our throats.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

07/05/2009

1/10

The worst of everything in the slasher subgenre consolidated into 89 endless minutes.

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Jeremy B

@Cubs_N_Bears1978 Jul 5

Fun story with great kills. Dialog leaves plenty to be desired, by that’s the majority of the negative I have to say.

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Lindsay M

@RT28283494 Jul 5

I was expecting can’t be fun which it delivered but what I wasn’t expecting was really excellent acting and just a bizarre good time.

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Stanny R

@StannyMC Feb 25

Uncle Sam is certainly an interesting addition to the "Holiday Slasher" sub genre with some real socially conscious commentary that still hold up today. The acting is fine I suppose, the subplots are slightly bizarre and the main villain in really something. Decent effects and lighthearted fun, worth a watch.

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brad p

@Bradster69 02/21/2023

I wish I had more kind things to say about Lustig's would-be yearly slasher but this one hasn't ever worked for me. I'll say it was moderately fun to revisit it some 25 years later.

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Jimmy P

@RT03118425 01/20/2023

I wish that this wasn't the last film that William Lustig ever directed.

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michael d

@RT08912548 11/21/2022

Unfortunately tame and lame.

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Synopsis

A Gulf War veteran rises from the dead to wreak vengeance upon unpatriotic residents of his hometown.

Director: William Lustig
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Production Co: A-Pix Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m