Nocturne
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): October 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comNick AllenOct 13, 2020
Nocturne isn’t just the best entry in the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series, it’s one of the best Blumhouse movies in years. Read full review
80
EmpireAl HornerOct 15, 2020
If it’s psychological horror you love, Nocturne will be music to your ears. If not super-scary, Quirke’s film is an accomplished, uncomfortable tour de force. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhil HoadOct 13, 2020
Nocturne is simpatico with a protagonist who, in lieu of greatness, decides to steal – then play it like she owns it. An elegant, forking finale proves as much. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 20, 2020
Nocturne, like its brittle protagonist, is good enough at what it does to make you wish it were a little better. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 14, 2020
First-time feature writer/director Zu Quirke does a good job setting things up and sticking the landing, but her approach to the horror elements is generic at best. Read full review
55
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaOct 13, 2020
By the time Nocturne drew to its admittedly effective conclusion I was left with the same impression that’s plagued every other Welcome to the Blumhouse entry so far: this would’ve been better as an hour-long episode of a horror anthology TV series. Sometimes, less is more. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 13, 2020
It’s more creepy than scary. But at least, you reckon, this not happening to you. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeOct 13, 2020
If Quirke’s film means to mimic the tunnel vision of its protagonist, it does so perhaps too effectively, losing its thematic potency as it travels on a predictable trajectory, involving spooky drawings and sisterly spats, all the while leaving the existential miasma sitting out of frame. Read full review
50
IndieWireRyan LattanzioOct 13, 2020
The script is half-baked and rushed, too much of a collage of other, better movies, and too coy to embrace its trashiness or ever go beyond PG-13 levels of horror. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerOct 13, 2020
It’s not quite enough to prevent this B-grade rendition from feeling rather familiar and unsuspenseful, even if stars Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Madison Iseman (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) provide a decent level of tension throughout. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDevika GirishOct 14, 2020
Contrivances are par for the course in this genre, but Nocturne lacks the stylistic flair to make them fun. Read full review
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