“The Price You Pay” (*** out of four) was a sturdy horror thriller about a bank robber (Stephen Dorff), his psychopathic accomplice (Emile Hirsch- looking bizarrely like Jack Black), and others (Gigi Zumbado and Tanner Zagarino) who take refuge in a farmhouse from a young boy (Tyler Sanders) but soon find that they are in for a long night of unspeakable horror. Unexpectedly strong movie is done in the vein of “From Dusk Till Dawn” where first half is a moody crime thriller and second becomes a goofy horror blowout. Starts to lose its grip in the final third but script is much sharper than you would expect. Dorff is excellent as usual. Sadly, the 18-year old Sanders died after completion from a fetanyl overdose.

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