Director E.L. Katz—who is a longtime collaborator of You’re Next’s Adam Wingard—makes his feature film debut with Cheap Thrills, a deeply discomforting, nasty piece of cinema that isn’t afraid to push every button in the genre. The film follows Craig, a struggling family man who is on the very edge of losing everything. After running into an old friend at the bar, the two friends are roped into a round of drinks by a charismatic and ridiculously wealthy stranger along with his wife. Together the couple create a series of seemingly innocent dares for the two friends to do in exchange for some quick cash. As the cash reward gets higher and higher, the dares become more and more twisted, showing just how far some people are willing to go for money. Continue Reading…