--- title: 'Cheap Thrills (2013)' type: 'film' director: 'E. L. Katz' released: '2013-01-01' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Action' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cheap-thrills-2013' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2389182/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Cheap Thrills (2013) 2013 · 85 min · Comedy, Action · United States ## Synopsis Cheap Thrills is a 2013 American black comedy thriller film directed by E. L. Katz in his directorial debut. It stars Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Ethan Embry and David Koechner. The film follows two friends competing in a series of challenges worth different amounts of money given by a rich couple. It premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8, 2013, and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment. It was released on March 21, 2014, in the United States. Cheap Thrills received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $59,424 against a $100,000 budget. ## Credits - **Producer:** [John Suits](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-suits), [Gabriel Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-cowan), [Travis Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/travis-stevens) - **Director of Photography:** [Sebastian Winterø](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-winter), [Andrew Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-wheeler-2) - **Director:** [E. L. Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-l-katz) - **Screenplay:** [Trent Haaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/trent-haaga), [David Chirchirillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-chirchirillo) - **Original Music Composer:** [Mads Heldtberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/mads-heldtberg) ## Cast - [Sara Paxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-paxton) - [Elissa Dowling](https://cinepixo.com/people/elissa-dowling) - [David Koechner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-koechner) - [Ethan Embry](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-embry) - [Amanda Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-fuller) - [Pat Healy](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-healy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://drafthousefilms.com/film/cheap-thrills Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cheap-thrills-2013 Film facts: Wikidata (Q12106680); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.