Luz
Screen Media Films | Release Date: July 19, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJul 19, 2019
Only a little over an hour-long, yet manages to be one of the most compelling subversions of the possession genre I’ve ever seen. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarJul 18, 2019
One of the most genuinely fear-provoking movies of the year, Luz shines for the calculated sensory stimulation it inflicts and its contained intent, as if it had been built to prove omnipresent evil lies unnoticed. It’ll render you unexpectedly rattled. Read full review
83
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 16, 2019
Its effective visceral hold on our imagination guarantees its inevitable cult status. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 20, 2019
An effective exercise in stylistic pastiche that has more to offer than its eerie retro mood, Tilman Singer's Luz presents a refreshing take on demonic possession in which the usual fright-flick cliches are nowhere to be found. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyJul 20, 2019
Comparisons do not come easy with Luz, an arresting first feature for German writer-director Tilman Singer that is equal measures demonic-possession thriller, experiment in formalist rigor, and flummoxing narrative puzzle-box. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 30, 2019
Writer-director Tilman Singer casts a trancelike swirl incorporating elements of hypnosis, demonic transference, memories of sexual abuse and one of the furthest-out, least by-the-book police procedurals put on film. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJul 15, 2019
In a cinematic landscape where retro throwbacks are predictably bundled around the same small set of nostalgia-friendly filmmakers (we all love Carpenter, but come on), it’s positively invigorating to see a loving tribute to a director’s influences that’s also aggressively avant-garde. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 19, 2019
While this may read like only a mild recommendation for most readers, it is a hearty one for genre fans. We are lucky enough to be in a very strong era for horror, and I have a feeling Singer is going to be a major part of it. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 20, 2019
If Luz had been a play, I’d probably have walked out halfway through, but as a film I found it eerie enough to stay rooted. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 15, 2019
So…weird. So very, very weird. Luz disquieting, creepy and murky demonic possession thriller, a cryptic chiller that gets by on lots of mood, a smattering of violence and special effects and seriously unsettling sound design. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 18, 2019
Despite the strange, echoing beauty of its images ... "Luz" is, as a whole, visually numbing and mentally taxing. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJul 15, 2019
Singer has great inspirations, and the multilayered approach to edits and sound design within the hypnosis is ingenious and excellently executed. But it doesn't add up to much. Read full review
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