Christian Slater digs into a town’s creepy secret in Playback

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Christian Slater is set to star in an indie thriller called PLAYBACK, reports Variety. While it might be a step above DOLAN’S CADILLAC, it sure doesn’t seem like it’ll help the one-time star’s continually foundering career. Hell, he’s already appeared in a Direct-to-DVD flick with Cuba Gooding, Jr. That’s the kiss of death right there. (Or was that ALONE IN THE DARK..?)

Here’s the PLAYBACK synopsis, via IMDb: When a group of high school students dig into their town’s infamous past they unwittingly unlock an Evil that corrupts and destroys them. Possessing its victims through video playback and using them for malevolent purposes, it closes in on one specific soul, threatening to expose the town’s deepest, darkest secret.

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