House of Darkness
Saban Films | Release Date: September 9, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Film ThreatBobby LePireSep 9, 2022
LaBute rewards patient viewers with two amazing lead performances, crackling dialogue, and genuine suspense. While the film might be flawed, it is imminently watchable. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiSep 9, 2022
With his latest film, “House of Darkness,” LaBute tries something similar to "The Wicker Man." And while the results may not be nearly as outlandish this time around, they do make for an intriguing and occasionally quite witty battle of the sexes, in which not all of the bloodshed is strictly metaphorical. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 5, 2022
LaBute is meticulously escalating the danger by providing Hap his wildest dreams in a way that reveals to the audience how their ability to come true is reliant upon him losing control. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMartin CarrSep 12, 2022
House of Darkness leaves audiences with much to consider as the credits roll and blood red titles draw a discreet veil over this contemporary Gothic offering. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 8, 2022
Few can write this kind of acid-dripping parlor drama with as much bite as LaBute. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurraySep 17, 2022
While the material here is thin and largely predictable (aside from one great jump scare), the cast is outstanding and the dialogue is snappy, delivered at a brisk pace. Read full review
60
SlashfilmJeff EwingSep 9, 2022
As a whole, House of Darkness is a very mixed bag of a film. The script shifts from nuanced to blunt depending on what minute you're watching, but the central performances add a layer of complexity that's often worth watching. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoSep 8, 2022
Where Josh Ruben’s Scare Me soars thanks to tension delivered through imaginative monologues, LaBute’s latest is mostly benign chatter that rambles its way to an unimpressively expected conclusion. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubLeigh MonsonSep 6, 2022
Ultimately, House Of Darkness exists in a strange and equally fatal no man’s land of being simultaneously under- and overwritten. As a feature film, it’s entirely insubstantial, with a premise better served in short form as part of an anthology. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAustin ConsidineSep 8, 2022
Here is House of Darkness anyway, a talky, allegorical horror film that delivers plenty of LaBute’s typically sharp irony and observations but little raison d’être. It is sometimes insightful, just not about women, who outnumber the men three to one. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 9, 2022
Cinematically-static if well-acted, and dramatically-flat throughout, it’s an end-of-the-date story of gamesmanship, competing agendas and differing interpretations of what’s going on in a coupling towards copulation sense. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 4, 2022
This feels like something LaBute wrote in an afternoon on the notes app on his smartphone while thinking about something else. Read full review
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