Scare Me
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): October 1, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSep 29, 2020
The best thing about Scare Me is that, for all of its entertaining qualities and acute cuts at white male fragility, this is one excellent guide to writing and filming good horror. Read full review
79
PolygonTasha RobinsonOct 7, 2020
Scare Me plays some thoughtful games with the idea of horror-comedy, and eventually, Ruben uses the self-aware humor to sharpen the shocks. Read full review
78
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpOct 7, 2020
There are reasons we enjoy the adrenaline blast horror movies give us. Scare Me, which should be essential viewing as the Halloween season dawns, understands those reasons well and celebrates them with enough laughs and gasps to leave viewers choking. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNick AllenOct 2, 2020
Of course, this film wouldn’t work without such engaging storytellers, and Scare Me has that with Cash and Ruben. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 1, 2020
Bolstered by a creative storytelling set-up, Ruben and his very game co-star Aya Cash skewr horror tropes as well as cultural obsessions ranging from TV talent shows to the Bechdel Test. The result is a winking horror comedy with a lot on its mind — perhaps too much. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 1, 2020
It works for the most part because of Ruben and Cash and the spiky chemistry they share. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 29, 2020
The idea that movies can easily lose 10 or 15 minutes of running time to curry favor with impatient audiences is often patently absurd, yet nearly every single scene in Scare Me feels some degree of overlong. Read full review
50
VarietyAmy NicholsonFeb 3, 2020
Scare Me would work even better onstage. On screen, it feels like an experiment in minimalism. The film is heavy-handed only in Fred’s fear of emasculation and Fanny’s digs at “desperate white dudes,” troweled on for socially relevant heft. Read full review
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