Monstrous

Name: Monstrous
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 13, 2022
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Carol Anne Watts, Christina Ricci, Colleen Camp, Don Baldaramos, Lew Temple

2022

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Screen Media Films | Release Date: May 13, 2022 | PG-13

Starring: Carol Anne Watts, Christina Ricci, Colleen Camp, Don Baldaramos, Lew Temple, Nick Vallelonga, Peter Hodge, Rachael Edlow, Sally Elbert, Santino Barnard

Summary: A terrifying new horror awaits Laura (Christina Ricci) and her seven-year-old son Cody when they flee her abusive ex-husband and try to settle into a new life in an idyllic and remote lakeside farmhouse. Still traumatized, their physical and mental well-being are pushed to the limit as their fragile existence is threatened.

Director: Chris Sivertson

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 89 min

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Ronda Racha Penrice

May 13, 2022

Monstrous offers a strong premise and some fresh twists, particularly in a genre where gimmicky filmmaking has prevailed. Read full review

Anthony Lane

May 10, 2022

Mystery buffs will see a twist coming from afar, and connoisseurs of horror will be underscared, yet the film sits squarely in the Ricci canon. Once again, she leaves us wondering: Is her character the victim of menace and disorientation, or could she herself be the wellspring of strangeness? Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

May 13, 2022

Christina Ricci does most, if not all, of the emotional lifting in the lightweight horror drama Monstrous, a period piece about a single mom and her son who, in 1955, run away from home and re-settle in an isolated lakeside house. Read full review

John Anderson

May 12, 2022

An uneven but likable horror film with one of the better plot twists in recent memory. Read full review

Slashfilm Sarah Milner

May 13, 2022

There's a difference between intentionally misleading the audience and cleverly setting up, then subverting, expectations. Ultimately, "Monstrous" does the former, leaning far too heavily on expository dialogue that fundamentally contradicts everything the audience is seeing. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 10, 2022

The jeopardy is built-into the situation, but the frights feel low-stakes and simply don’t get the scary job done. Read full review

Brent Simon

May 13, 2022

Unfortunately, it’s hard to imagine a more stillborn finished product, an exercise in tedium which checks the barest boxes of “completed movie” and possibly delivers unknown benefits for some of those executive producers, but otherwise offers nothing that might engage an audience. Read full review

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ckittywoman

Jun 18, 2022

Because of Christina Ricci's excellent performance, the movie is worth to watch.

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saimariejohnson

May 15, 2022

Christina Ricci made this role! She did an excellent job delivering on her part and the way it was spun in the end was truly a mindblowing and unexpected event for me. I thought it was a great Friday the 13th release.

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JLuis_001

Jun 8, 2022

I appreciated the mood and feel of its beginning, in which it feels like you're trapped in an period of time, but that's basically the extent of its merits.

The rest doesn't work. It works neither as the drama about grief it addresses, nor as the horror film it tries to be at times when itI appreciated the mood and feel of its beginning, in which it feels like you're trapped in an period of time, but that's basically the extent of its merits.

The rest doesn't work. It works neither as the drama about grief it addresses, nor as the horror film it tries to be at times when it never really takes off.

Christina Ricci has gone too many years without a good role. Better see her in Yellowjackets.… Expand

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