Tusk

Story
A chilling horror tale about the perils of storytelling, Tusk follows a brash American podcaster as he braves the Canadian wilds to interview an old man with an incredible past—only to discover the man’s dark secret involves a walrus.
Credits
Directors
Kevin Smith
Producers
Demarest Films – Sam Englebardt, William D. Johnson & David Greathouse, Smodcast Pictures – Shannon McIntosh
Executive Producers
Jennifer Schwalbach, XYZ Films
Cast
Justin Long, Michael Parks, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment
US Distributor
A24
Reviews
“A jauntily self-aware fabulist, Mr. Smith doesn’t have it in him to dispirit for long, and “Tusk” proceeds with an ingratiating good cheer that deflects critical grumbling.”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“The result is so out there that you can imagine Mr. Smith and his collaborators rolling in the aisles at their own preposterousness. If you can find your inner 16-year-old, you might just join them.”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
“Tusk lands close to Human Centipede territory in gross-out-ness — a warning, not a complaint — but it also has a genuinely haunting quality as Long’s ties to humanity become ever more tenuous.”
– Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly
“Kevin Smith traces the fine line between man and beast in a bizarro midnight movie built around a career-crowning performance from the great Michael Parks.”
– Scott Foundas, Variety
“A cult-ready oddity anchored by Michael Parks’s inspired performance”
– John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter

