Founders Day

Founders Day

Change is here.

Directed by Erik Bloomquist

Produced by Mainframe Pictures, Dark Sky Films

2024107 min5.0 / 10

A darkly comedic slasher that uses serial killings and a mayoral race to satirize small-town politics and power dynamics.

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Questions people ask

  • Is Founders Day scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Founders Day violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Founders Day end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Founders Day easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Founders Day sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% 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.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity65

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Founders Day

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Founders Day

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Founders Day, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Founders Day, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Founders Day, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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