Haunter
IFC Midnight | Release Date: October 18, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonOct 24, 2013
Haunter offers a freaky, visceral experience — without a hint of gore. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 21, 2013
Less twisted than Natali's last film, Splice, it's sufficiently novel to uphold his reputation as a filmmaker not content telling conventional fanboy stories. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 18, 2013
Once Haunter's story snaps into focus, and its creators pull you towards its inevitable conclusion, the film's flaws become that much more apparent. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe LeydonOct 21, 2013
Director Vincenzo Natali (“Splice”) is more effective at sustaining clammy suspense than hiding all the holes in Brian King’s script. But top-billed Abigail Breslin (“Little Miss Sunshine”) is effective enough to generate a rooting interest in the plucky protagonist of the piece, and to sustain interest when narrative logic turns fuzzy. Read full review
60
Film.comWilliam GossAug 2, 2013
The premise is provoking and well-conceived, confidently moving things forward until the increasingly knotty rules of the film’s universe eventually come to overbear the experience a bit in the homestretch. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 17, 2013
Teen Lisa Johnson (Abigail Breslin) is trapped in a kind of undead, unfunny “Groundhog Day,” living one particular 24 hours with her family over and over. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldOct 17, 2013
Lifted by the sepulchral Stephen McHattie as Lisa’s nemesis, the film’s frazzled thought experiment becomes an adequate yarn. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJosh ModellOct 16, 2013
It’s likely too dark to please the girls who might otherwise relate to its story and star, and probably too simple and pitch-positive for genre fans. Read full review
50
The DissolveNick SchagerOct 16, 2013
After performing many narrative backflips in an attempt to lucidly resolve things, Haunter eventually settles for half-baked uplift that renders much of what came before ridiculous and nonsensical. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 14, 2013
Vincenzo Natali emphasizes technically impressive shots in the service of predictable, boring expository beats, at the expense of elaborating on his main character's growing feelings of isolation and torment. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedOct 22, 2013
This awful rehash, badly directed by Vincenzo Natali (Splice), reeks of stale, recycled ideas. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorAug 2, 2013
It's utterly unconvincing and not scary in the slightest. Read full review
20
Village VoiceCalum MarshOct 15, 2013
Has an elegance roughly on par with a Goosebumps novel, refusing to follow its own contradictory rules and barely sustaining a pretense of internal logic. Read full review
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