Cheap Thrills is a 2013 American black comedy thriller film directed by E. L. Katz in his directorial debut.

It premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8, 2013, and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment.

Cheap Thrills received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $59,424 against a $100,000 budget.

Humiliated and feeling guilty for cheating on his wife, Craig withdraws from the game and departs, having earned enough money to delay homelessness for the time being.

Violet, who seems to have begun to develop feelings for him, is upset and becomes withdrawn, causing the game to end as its purpose was to entertain her.

Just as Vince is about to accept, Craig returns to the game, stating that he only temporarily solved his problem with the $4,500 he has earned so far, and offers to do the same dare for a smaller sum.

After premiering at South by Southwest, a day-long auction took place for rights to the film in a rare bidding war.

The consensus states "Gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious, Cheap Thrills lives down to its title in the best possible way.

[6] Joe Leydon, writing for Variety, said that film "is a thoroughly nasty piece of work, which doubtless will be the strongest selling point for this worst-case scenario about steadily escalating dares and degradations".

[4] Scott Weinberg, of the online horror website Fearnet, said, "Cheap Thrills breezes by on a twisted idea, a fantastic cast, and a bunch of ethical quandaries that are both eerily uncomfortable and slyly fascinating at the same time.