Haunt

Name: Haunt
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: September 13, 2019
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Andrew Caldwell, Chaney Morrow, Justin Marxen, Katie Stevens, Lauryn Alisa McClain

2019

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Momentum Pictures | Release Date: September 13, 2019 | R

Starring: Andrew Caldwell, Chaney Morrow, Justin Marxen, Katie Stevens, Lauryn Alisa McClain, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Schuyler Helford, Shazi Raja, Terri Partyka, Will Brittain

Summary: On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.

Director: Bryan Woods and Scott Beck

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Richard Roeper

Sep 12, 2019

This intense and claustrophobic gore-fest is far removed from the elegiac tone of “A Quiet Place.” It’s more like a “Saw” movie, mixed in a bloody blender with elements from films such as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Cabin in the Woods” and “The Hills Have Eyes” and even “Carrie.” And yet there are a few genuinely thought-provoking sequences sprinkled in. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Sep 11, 2019

It offers nothing particularly new, yet it fulfills the only requirement that really matters for this kind of movie — it’s scary. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Sep 12, 2019

Convincingly creepy while also slightly thought-provoking, it warns about deceiving facades, because what hides underneath masks is possibly much worse. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Sep 14, 2019

A lethal little ensemble feature that packs quite a few thrills into a compact format. Read full review

Scott Craven

Sep 12, 2019

In an era where horror films are attempting to get smarter (a nod to you, “A Quiet Place,”) this just makes everyone dumber. Read full review

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Dbizzle

Oct 7, 2019

Goooood **** movie. Quality scares, on point atmosphere, effects all there, and the gore is intense.

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Rba1778

Oct 27, 2019

Great horror movie with a twist on the real life haunted house experience with a clever reason for the Haunt to be the way it is.

Don’t listen to the Arizona moron’s review. That idiot paid so little attention to the movie and was in such a rush to dump movie house snark all over that heGreat horror movie with a twist on the real life haunted house experience with a clever reason for the Haunt to be the way it is.

Don’t listen to the Arizona moron’s review. That idiot paid so little attention to the movie and was in such a rush to dump movie house snark all over that he couldn’t even get the ratio of women to men in the movie right.… Expand

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TryASummersault

Sep 14, 2019

8.7/10 Haunt is the hidden gem horror film of the year with legitimate brutality, tension, and bleak atmosphere throughout that would have been a hit with a major theatrical release. When I saw the trailer about a month ago i was pleasantly surprised with its promise shown, and even more8.7/10 Haunt is the hidden gem horror film of the year with legitimate brutality, tension, and bleak atmosphere throughout that would have been a hit with a major theatrical release. When I saw the trailer about a month ago i was pleasantly surprised with its promise shown, and even more surprised and bewildered it wasn't getting a major theatrical release. Having Eli Roth produce, and Beck and Woods directing/writing hot off their momentum from writing A Quiet Place, you would think the studios would have been confident enough and should've have because this was higher quality than most big budget horror's released this year. The film starts out in usual fashion and introduces us to what appear to be standard teenage horror characters that were definitely more tolerable than most other characters in other films yet still fit the cliches. As we get a bit more introduced, you can tell that one of them has more emotional depth to her which is an important factor for audience relateability that's overlooked these days in most horror films. When things progress in the plot we are introduced to the main setting in which the mayhem unfolds and for the low budget they were working with, they executed the set designs flawlessly and creatively. The haunted house/maze aesthetic is elevated to new heights of fright through wide arrays of different set pieces, colorizations, and overall foreboding environments. They absolutely knocked it out of the park with the colorizations and camerawork as well, and it added so much to the already supreme tension. When the antagonists start showing up with their intentions, the creepiness and chaos takes hold and never lets up building into a brutal conclusion that honestly will stick with a lot of people with its ultimately disturbing reveals and shocking plot turns. This film really deserved to be released in a major theatrical format and i honestly believe it would have been a hit at the box office. I expected it to be solid but did not expect it to be my favorite horror film of the year. It has so much tension, atmosphere, and an incredibly visceral visual style. It has potential to become an underrated cult classic once word spreads and a definitive go to haunted house/halloween film. I really hope Beck and Woods stay in the horror genre because they have some clear cut talent in creating tense atmosphere that oozes through the screen.… Expand

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viniciussawate

Apr 29, 2021

For a simple and well-known proposal in the genre, is well above average in it's execution, which leads to the feeling that they could believe more in the development of the script. If, on the one hand, they agreed to work with the generic and the cliché, they took care of the part thatFor a simple and well-known proposal in the genre, is well above average in it's execution, which leads to the feeling that they could believe more in the development of the script. If, on the one hand, they agreed to work with the generic and the cliché, they took care of the part that matters most to horror fans. It's one thing to have the courage to go through the houses of the amusement parks, it's another thing to look at the rooms in the residence of this movie.… Expand

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flametail23

Sep 21, 2019

The premise for this movie is far from original by any stretch of the imagination but it's solid enough to make for an entertaining if some what predictable ride.

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0hyed

Oct 20, 2020

Great flick, I enjoy most of the characters and it uses horror tropes well. if you are a fan of slashers and saw like me you'll love it.

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JbwAllen

Sep 18, 2019

Terrible terrible terrible. Young adults are trapped and tormented and murdered in a roadside haunted house. All I could think about while watching this movie was "I've seen this **** a thousand times.

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