Bone Tomahawk - wikipedia Bone Tomahawk Bone Tomahawk Theatrical release poster Directed by S. Craig Zahler Produced by Jack Heller Dallas Sonnier Written by S. Craig Zahler Starring Kurt Russell Patrick Wilson Matthew Fox Richard Jenkins Lili Simmons David Arquette Sid Haig Sean Young Music by Jeff Herriott S. Craig Zahler Cinematography Benji Bakshi Edited by Greg D'Auria Fred Raskin Production company Caliber Media Company Distributed by RLJ Entertainment Release date September 25, 2015 ( 2015 - 09 - 25 ) ( Fantastic Fest ) October 23, 2015 ( 2015 - 10 - 23 ) ( United States ) Running time 132 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $1.8 million Box office $481,525 Bone Tomahawk is a 2015 American Western horror film directed, written and co-scored by S. Craig Zahler, and stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Jonigkeit, David Arquette and Sid Haig. The film is produced by Jack Heller and Dallas Sonnier. The film had its world premiere at the Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2015 and was given a limited release on October 23, 2015, by RLJ Entertainment. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 4 Release 4.1 Reception 4.2 Accolades 5 References 6 External links Plot In the 1890s, two drifters, Buddy ( David Arquette ) and Purvis ( Sid Haig ), are making a living robbing and killing travelers. Spooked by the sound of approaching horses, they hide in the hills and encounter a Native American burial site. Buddy is killed by an arrow, and Purvis escapes. Eleven days later, Purvis arrives in the small town of Bright Hope and buries his stolen belongings. Chicory ( Richard Jenkins ), the town 's backup deputy, spots him and reports to Sheriff Franklin Hunt ( Kurt Russell ). At the town 's saloon, Hunt confronts Purvis. When asked his name, Purvis hesitates before giving the name `` Buddy '' in an attempt to hide his identity. Sheriff Hunt shoots Purvis in the leg when he tries to escape. Hunt sends John Brooder ( Matthew Fox ), a local educated man and known womanizer who witnesses the shooting, to fetch the town 's doctor. Meanwhile, foreman Arthur O'Dwyer ( Patrick Wilson ) rests at home with a broken leg. His wife Samantha ( Lili Simmons ), the doctor 's assistant, tends to his wound. As the doctor is drunk, Brooder calls Samantha and escorts her to the jail to treat Purvis 's wound. Leaving Samantha with Purvis and his deputy Nick, Hunt and the others return home. That night, at a stable house, a stable boy is murdered by unseen attackers. The murder is reported to Hunt, who investigates the scene and finds the horses missing. The jail is empty and only an arrow is left behind. Hunt sends for a local Native American man, whom he calls `` the professor '', to examine the arrow, and informs Arthur of the news. At the saloon, the `` professor '' links the arrow to a troglodyte clan. He tells Hunt of the clan 's dwelling place, `` Valley of the Starving Men '', and warns him that they are a group of cannibalistic savages. Certain that Samantha, Nick and Purvis had been captured by them, Hunt prepares to go after them with Arthur. Chicory and Brooder volunteer to accompany them. Days into their ride, two strangers stumble across their camp. Fearing they are scouts for a raid, Brooder kills them and they set up a cold camp elsewhere to avoid being attacked. During the night, a group of raiders ambush them, injure Brooder 's horse and steal the rest. Brooder, wounded by an attacker, regretfully puts down his horse. After a day of walking, a fight breaks out between Brooder and Arthur, exacerbating Arthur 's broken leg. Chicory sets his leg and leaves him behind to recover, while he, Hunt, and Brooder move on. At the valley, the three men are injured by a volley of arrows. After killing two attackers, Hunt and Chicory retreat, leaving Brooder, who is seriously injured and demands to be left behind. Brooder kills one attacker before being killed himself. The attackers capture Hunt and Chicory, and imprison them in their cave. The men find Samantha, and an injured Nick, imprisoned in a nearby cage. They inform Hunt that the tribesmen have already killed and eaten Purvis. They witness Nick removed from his cell, stripped, brutally scalped, and bisected alive, then consumed. Samantha estimates the number of hostile cannibals to be around twelve ( reduced to nine earlier by Hunt 's posse ). Hunt realizes he has some opium tincture he confiscated from Arthur earlier to prevent him from overusing it. They lure several tribesmen to drink it, however only one drinks a fatal dose, and only one becomes unconscious. Meanwhile, Arthur wakes up, follows the men 's trail and discovers the valley. He kills two tribesmen and notices an object embedded in their windpipes. After cutting one out, he realizes it is like a whistle. He blows on it, luring another tribesman close, then kills him. In the cave, realizing two of their men were poisoned, the leader grows angry. He and another tribesman pull Hunt from his cell, cut open his abdomen and shove the hot opium flask into the wound. The leader then takes Hunt 's rifle and shoots him in the arm and abdomen. Arthur arrives and kills one of the tribesmen, while Hunt kills the leader with one of the tribe 's bone tomahawks. Arthur frees Samantha and Chicory, while a mortally wounded Hunt stays behind with his rifle. He prepares to kill the surviving cannibals when they return, to prevent them from terrorizing Bright Hope. As the three leave the cave, they see two pregnant females, who are blinded and have all their limbs amputated. On their journey out, Arthur blows the tribesman 's whistle, and with no response they continue to exit. At a distance from the cave, they hear three gunshots, implying that Sheriff Hunt had killed the remaining males of the tribe. Chicory acknowledges the gunshots with a half - hearted smile. Tired, hurt, and with few supplies, the three begin the journey towards home. Cast Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins and Matthew Fox at 2015 Fantastic Fest Kurt Russell as Sheriff Franklin Hunt Patrick Wilson as Arthur O'Dwyer Matthew Fox as John Brooder Richard Jenkins as Deputy `` Chicory '' Kory Lili Simmons as Samantha O'Dwyer Evan Jonigkeit as Deputy Nick David Arquette as Purvis Sid Haig as Buddy Geno Segers as Boar Tusks Fred Melamed as Clarence Kathryn Morris as Lorna Hunt Sean Young as Mrs. Porter Eddie Spears as Serrated Tomahawk James Tolkan as The Pianist Raw Leiba as Wolf Skull Michael Paré as Mr. Wallington Jamison Newlander as The Mayor Zahn McClarnon as The Professor Jay Tavare as Sharp Teeth Brandon Molale as Noseless Troglodyte Production This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( June 2018 ) Development On October 30, 2012, S. Craig Zahler was set to make his directorial debut with a horror western film from his own script, with the film starring Kurt Russell and Jennifer Carpenter. Casting On September 24, 2014, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox joined the cast of the film to star along with Russell and Jenkins ; Wilson would play Arthur O'Dwyer, a cowboy, while Fox would play the role of John Brooder. On September 29, Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Sid Haig, Kathryn Morris and Evan Jonigkeit joined the film ; Simmons replaced Carpenter to play female lead Samantha O'Dwyer, the de facto doctor and wife of Arthur O'Dwyer, Arquette and Haig would play brigands, Morris would play the wife of Sheriff Hunt, while Jonigkeit was set to play a young deputy sheriff. The other ensemble cast added by the director includes Sean Young, Geno Segers, Fred Melamed, James Tolkan, Raw Leiba, Jamie Hector, Jamison Newlander, Michael Paré, Zahn McClarnon, David Midthunder, Jay Tavare, Gray Wolf Herrera, Robert Allen Mukes, and Brandon Molale. On October 2, Dave Halls was set as the first assistant director for the film. Filming Principal photography began on October 6, 2014, in Malibu, California, where it was filmed for 21 days at the Paramount Ranch. Release In August 2015, RLJ Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film. The film had its world premiere at the Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2015. On October 3, 2015, it screened at the Charlotte Film Festival. It was then screened at the London Film Festival on October 10, 2015, before it was released in a limited release on October 23, 2015. Reception Bone Tomahawk received acclaim from critics and at festivals for its acting ( particularly for Kurt Russell, Richard Jenkins and Matthew Fox ), realism, Zahler 's direction, and the dialogue of his screenplay. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 90 % of critics gave the film a `` Certified Fresh '' rating, based on 83 reviews with an average score of 7.2 / 10, with the site 's consensus stating, `` Bone Tomahawk 's peculiar genre blend wo n't be for everyone, but its gripping performances and a slow - burning story should satisfy those in search of something different. '' Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 ( out of 100 ) based on 17 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be `` generally favorable ''. Accolades Awards and nominations Association Date of ceremony Nominee ( s ) Result Ref. Fangoria Chainsaw Awards March 13, 2016 Best Actor Kurt Russell Won Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins Nominated Best Makeup / Creature FX Hugo Villasenor Nominated Independent Spirit Awards February 27, 2016 Best Screenplay S. Craig Zahler Nominated Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins Nominated Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards December 14, 2015 Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins Nominated Original Vision Award Nominated Phoenix Critics Circle December 16, 2015 Best Horror Film Nominated Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins Nominated Saturn Awards June 22, 2016 Best Independent Film Nominated Sitges Film Festival October 17, 2015 Best Direction Award S. Craig Zahler Won José Luis Guarner Prize Won References Jump up ^ `` BONE TOMAHAWK ( 18 ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. October 7, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016. Jump up ^ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/15/craig-zahler-on-bone-tomahawk Jump up ^ `` Bone Tomahawk ( 2015 ) - Financial Information ''. The Numbers. Retrieved 4 May 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` BONE TOMAHAWK - Fantastic Fest ''. Fantastic Fest. Retrieved 4 November 2015. Jump up ^ Sneider, Jeff ( 30 October 2012 ). `` S. 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Retrieved October 17, 2015. CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list ( link ) External links Bone Tomahawk on IMDb Bone Tomahawk at Rotten Tomatoes Bone Tomahawk at Metacritic hide Works by S. Craig Zahler Novels A Congregation of Jackals ( 2010 ) Wraiths of the Broken Land ( 2013 ) Corpus Chrome, Inc. ( 2014 ) Mean Business on North Ganson Street ( 2014 ) Hug Chickenpenny : The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child ( 2018 ) Films written and directed Bone Tomahawk ( 2015 ) Brawl in Cell Block 99 ( 2017 ) Dragged Across Concrete ( 2018 ) Written only The Brigands of Rattleborge ( 2006 ) The Incident ( 2011 ) Big Stone Grid ( 2011 ) Puppet Master : The Littlest Reich ( 2018 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bone_Tomahawk&oldid=844500925 '' Categories : 2015 films English - language films American films 2015 horror films 2010s Western ( genre ) films American Western ( genre ) films Directorial debut films Films about Native Americans Horror adventure films Films shot in California Weird West Cannibalism in fiction American splatter films Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Extra text : authors list Use mdy dates from March 2016 Articles to be expanded from June 2018 All articles to be expanded Articles using small message boxes Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Magyar Русский کوردی Türkçe Українська 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 5 June 2018, at 09 : 57. 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