The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescription drugs in American society. The title of the film refers to a character that helps his friends to survive in a superficial world by keeping things authentic and is portrayed in form of a video game omnipresent in the teenagers' lives, in which a post-apocalyptic hero carries his severed head in his hand as he fights the forces of evil. One day in... the fictional town Hillside in Southern California, the supplier of prescription medication to the students at the local high school, Troy Johnson , commits suicide. Troy's best friend Dean Stiffle , who found the body, is prescribed more antidepressants by his psychiatrist father Bill . When Dean returns to school, he is antagonized by drug dealers Billy and Lee , who were supplied by Troy.
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| Release date: | August 26, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Arie Posin |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lawrence Bender, Bonnie Curtis |
| Editor: | Arthur Schmidt |
| Music by: | James Horner |
| Screenplay by: | Zac Stanford, Arie Posin |
| Estimated budget: | $6,800,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |