Caveat
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): June 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyJun 3, 2021
Caveat is a masterpiece of understatement for a title, and a witty opener to Damian Mc Carthy’s directorial debut, an impressive and often terrifying film, taking place almost solely in one location, with two people trapped in a moldy dimly-lit house. Read full review
68
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganJun 3, 2021
With a tight 87-minute runtime, Caveat would have made for a perfectly lean chiller had it opted to maximize the claustrophobia inherent in literally chaining the viewer to one terrifying location for the entirety of the film. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 2, 2021
Caveat exists in a liminal space between genres, which is fitting for a film about the skeletons that might hide inside the walls of an old house. However, Mc Carthy’s mix-and-match approach reveals the story’s need for a more solid foundation. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJun 4, 2021
Caveat is like a gothic horror tone poem, with pungent notes of decay. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinJun 3, 2021
The final endgame is a little unsatisfying, but this is a very interesting debut for McCarthy. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 4, 2021
The visuals ooze creepiness, even if the payoff doesn’t arrive until the very end. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeJun 2, 2021
Mc Carthy serves up a generically foreboding premise and pulls off several efficiently traditional jump scares in this variation on a haunted-house formula, but it’s the shape-shifting mind games of his own narrative that most unnerve the viewer, as seemingly fixed plot points of who is under threat — and when, and why, and so on — keep darting out of sight. Read full review
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