Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

For the undead... there's no place like home.

Directed by Olaf Ittenbach

Produced by J Filmproductions, CMN Investment

2006101 min4.9 / 10

A tense, violent horror film where escaped convicts take a hostage to a mysterious house inhabited by a strange family, leading to escalating mayhem and bloodshed.

A prison bus with over a dozen criminals on board has an accident and rams another car, in which Dr. Douglas Madsen was on his way home. Most of the prisoners die. Four of them survive, one of them severely injured. After having killed all the guards, they head for the woods. They take Dr. Douglas Madsen hostage. Suddenly a huge house appears in the middle of the woods. The leader of the group, Arthur, emphasizes that he will kill Douglas and every single member of the "family" if his wounded brother would die. Meanwhile some members of the family show strange behavior, and very soon mayhem breaks loose.

Questions people ask

  • Is Chain Reaction violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Chain Reaction scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Chain Reaction easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Chain Reaction end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Chain Reaction sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity8

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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