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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyMichael NordineVarietyMichael NordineWhile a bit of ironic detachment isn’t necessarily a hindrance, too many latter-day horror flicks’ attempts to show they’re in on the joke make it difficult to get invested in their stories. Despite initially appearing poised to repeat this too-cool-for-school mistake, “Someone” moves past it by emphasizing not vengeance but redemption.
- 65PolygonRoxana HadadiPolygonRoxana HadadiThere’s Someone Inside Your House is intermittently effective, but ultimately unremarkable, and it feels like a product of its time in disappointing ways.
- 60Screen RantMae AbdulbakiScreen RantMae AbdulbakiFrom a horror perspective, the film is lacking, but it more than makes up for it with well developed characters and a killer who preys on secrets.
- 59Paste MagazineJim VorelPaste MagazineJim VorelUnfortunately, There’s Someone Inside Your House is a considerably more rote endeavor in mass-market horror filmmaking—competently shot and staged, but decidedly familiar, it displays none of the emotional nuance or attention to character detail we’ve associated with Brice in the past.
- 58The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyThere are a handful of genuinely chilling compositions, copious buckets of blood, and while I know we’re all tired of throwback synth-heavy scores in horror, this is a pretty good throwback synth-heavy score. Unfortunately, There’s Someone Inside Your House otherwise rarely feels like this is more than a job for hire.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloWhy the murderer feels compelled to don a 3-D printed mask of each victim’s own face isn’t entirely clear—nothing about, say, recording a repugnant podcast episode merits symbolic self-inflicted harm—but, hey, it’s a novel gimmick.
- 50Slant MagazineMark HansonSlant MagazineMark HansonThe film feels like a missed opportunity to interrogate society’s fervent need to make pariahs out of people for their past mistakes.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichA slasher movie could be a compelling framework through which to subvert the (timeless but super Twitter-ified) temptation to reduce people to the worst thing they’ve ever done, but There’s Someone Inside Your House isn’t sharp enough to meaningfully subvert our bloodlust or eviscerate our need for blame.
- 38RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMaybe this is a product of the movie’s nature as an adaptation, but there’s never really a moment in There’s Someone Inside Your House that suggests its protagonists are real enough to be worth rooting for.
- 30IGNMatt FowlerIGNMatt FowlerThere's Someone Inside Your House tries to make you think it's got a catchy, viable gimmick when in reality it's empty and unsatisfying.