Lace Crater
Invincible Pictures | Release Date: July 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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83
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJul 31, 2016
The trick the director pulls off is that “Lace Crater” weaves a comedic touch throughout the film, keeps the audience compellingly off balance when it pitches toward horror, and puts together a picture that slyly has much more going on beneath its laid back surface. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 4, 2016
Lace Crater is a thoroughly modern ghost story that creeps into camp, testing the audience as it wavers between terrifying and deadpan funny. Read full review
60
Village VoiceKenji FujishimaJul 28, 2016
Slight though it may be, Lace Crater's mix of Andrew Bujalski–style naturalism and Roman Polanski–style body horror is at least off-kilter enough to keep one absorbed throughout. Read full review
58
IndieWireSteve GreeneAug 2, 2016
It’s a story that has its share of unnerving sequences, but like its pivotal character, it feels stuck between two worlds. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAndy WebsterJul 28, 2016
Ms. Burdge — all quicksilver emotion and exposed nerve endings — is an endlessly watchable focal point. Her character’s vulnerability, uncertainty and growing self-acceptance lend the movie a necessary gravity. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 28, 2016
What at first looks like a mumblecore comedy with a supernatural twist turns into something darker, and many viewers will not feel like going along for the detour into psychological horror. Read full review
50
VarietyScott TobiasJul 28, 2016
First-time director Harrison Atkins never quite finds his own distinct voice. He dabbles in horror and deadpan comedy, experiments in discordant jags on the soundtrack, and suggests a more fluid boundary between the living and the dead, but the film remains stubbornly hazy and obscure in its intentions. Read full review
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