Synopsis
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.
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Cast
- Sarah HaganJanie
- Barbara CramptonIrma
- Sara Malakul LaneSavannah
- Evan JonesBooker
- Annie ReadSavannah's Friend
- Riley LitmanConnor
- Mary CsehWoman in the Park
- William NicolLincoln
- Joe NievesOfficer Olson
- Jim BoevenJanie's Dad
Recommendations
- 100
CineVue
There is much that is inexplicable and remote about Sun Choke, but those should not be read as immediate negatives, but held up as virtues. Cinema too often gives the viewer everything on a plate and then spoon feds us with details until 'we get it'. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Sun Choke is, after all, a melodrama, so you have to believe in Hagan's character. All of the impressionistic cinematography and special effects in the world couldn't save the film if you didn't care enough about Hagan's performance. - 67
The A.V. Club
The film doesn’t always work as a genre exercise, but it’s a winner as a character study, in large part because of how committed Hagan is to playing Janie’s derangement. Casting directors in search of the offbeat should take note. - 67
The Film Stage
A tense journey of psychological despair. - 50
Los Angeles Times
With a highly stylized form, and thick, syrupy ribbons of blood splashing everywhere, Sun Choke evokes a creepy, eerie vibe, but it’s difficult to muster more than a passing interest in the story, because we don’t know who this girl is, or why she does these things. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The plot leans toward conventional horror violence as it progresses, but Cresciman has Hogan and Crampton remain largely affectless, their blank-slate characters doing little to make us respond to the action. - 38
Movie Nation
It’s a psychological thriller built around two intense and graphic sex scenes, and a few other moments of expedient nudity. Mind games, stalking and graphic violence work their way in. But it’s the sex that seems to be the movie’s reason for being.
