Haunt
IFC Midnight | Release Date: March 7, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 6, 2014
The 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. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Mar 10, 2014
In Haunt, scares are scarce and tropes are liberally lifted from better movies. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter LabuzaFeb 13, 2014
Following on the coattails of “The Conjuring” and “Insidious,” Haunt is a classical haunted-house thriller with perhaps little that’s out of the ordinary for the genre, but occasionally inventive execution. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 6, 2014
Respectably crafted but short on invention and serious scares. Read full review
40
Village VoiceZachary WigonMar 4, 2014
The frustration here comes from the filmmakers' inability to present characters with dimension, so that we might come to identify with them and their fears. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 7, 2014
Bland and bordering on nonsensical, Haunt trots out all the standard haunted-house tropes without breathing any new life into them. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezFeb 28, 2014
Mac 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. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 6, 2014
Too 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. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartMar 6, 2014
There is virtually nothing in Mac Carter’s horror flick that deviates from the standard haunted house plot (or, in this case, plod). Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMar 5, 2014
I’ve had bigger scares from the windows at FAO Schwarz. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanMar 6, 2014
There’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. Read full review
20
The DissolveNick SchagerFeb 13, 2014
Haunt winds up being memorable only for its absence of subtlety or surprise. Read full review
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