The Super (2017 film)

• Patrick Flueger as Phil Lodge
• Val Kilmer as Walter
• Louisa Krause as Beverly
• Mattea Marie Conforti as Rose
• Taylor Richardson as Violet
• Paul Ben-Victor as Mr. Johnson
• Yul Vazquez as Julio
• Alex Essoe as Ms.Daigle
• Luke Edwards as Brad
• Justine J. Hall as Sofia [3]

Phil Lodge (Patrick John Fleuger) is a retired cop who takes up a job in a large apartment building as one of three supers. For those familiar with The Princess Diaries, (random I know) Patrick John Fleuger plays Jeremiah, the magician with the bright red hair. He’s all grown up and making us all feel incredibly old.

As part of being a live-in super, Phil takes up residence in said apartment building with his two daughters, Violet and Rose played by Taylor Richardson and Mattea Conforti. The family has been through a tragedy as we soon find out in which Phil’s wife and the mother of his daughters has died. Things seem to have been tense since then, with the adolescent Violet radiating attitude and push back in every conversation she has with her dad.

Prior to Phil moving in, we see a violent murder take place in the same apartment building. Soon after he begins work, a series of disappearances take place one after the other and Phil begins to notice his youngest, Rose has begun to have a strange fascination with one of the other supers, Walter (Val Kilmer). Walter, in addition to being super creepy also happens to dabble in black magic. Phil begins to suspect that Walter is behind the mysterious disappearances and will go to any lengths to protect himself and the lives of his daughters.

On August 13, 2018, it was announced that Saban Films acquired the rights to the film.[4][5]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 4.89/10.[6] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Still, even bad horror movies can have their pleasures, and here it’s Kilmer who gives The Super a kick."[7]

However, Maitland McDonagh of Film Journal International gave the film a positive review and wrote, "How surprising the story’s twist ending turns out to be depends on how thoroughly steeped in horror moves the viewer is, but it’s well executed down to small details like the creepy clown puzzle with which little Rose likes to play."[8] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave it a positive review writing that "it offers a few decent scares as well as the opportunity for Val Kilmer to once again display his unique brand of screen charisma."[9]

• The Super at IMDb
• The Super at Rotten Tomatoes