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Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe shocks are short and sharp, the acting is strongest where it counts, and the director of photography, Adam Marsden, washes everything in a swampy green that makes spooks pop.
- 40Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonThe frustration here comes from the filmmakers' inability to present characters with dimension, so that we might come to identify with them and their fears.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRespectably crafted but short on invention and serious scares.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezMac Carter repeatedly compromises his intuitive, and often elegantly framed, glances at his main characters' teenage blues by too busily going through amateur-night gesticulations of spooking his audience.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleToo often, Carter sacrifices characterization for one more flickery effect or carefully composed shot of moody elegance, then overdoes unlighted interiors to an almost absurd degree.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThere is virtually nothing in Mac Carter’s horror flick that deviates from the standard haunted house plot (or, in this case, plod).
- 20The DissolveNick SchagerThe DissolveNick SchagerHaunt winds up being memorable only for its absence of subtlety or surprise.
- 20New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsThere’s lots of mixed film stock and screeches on the soundtrack (as in the credits for “Seven”), but this gets annoying, as do the predictable twists.