Shelby Oaks
Neon | Release Date: October 24, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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30
Little White LiesBillie WalkerOct 30, 2025
Stuckmann’s debut may borrow from the found footage boom of noughties horror, but like many of today’s horror films, it suffers from explanation-fatigue. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 24, 2025
Stuckmann grabbing aimlessly in the last third for the kind of sickly visual elegance that is Flanagan’s deliberative style. But it only ever feels like homage, not anything organic — Stuckmann doesn’t have his mentor’s storytelling smarts, nor his flair for the underpinnings of normality that ground horror. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRichard LawsonOct 23, 2025
As Shelby Oaks moves further away from its original conceit, it grows ever clunkier, ever more derivative. Stuckmann’s dialogue is stilted and generic; his storytelling and world-building even more so. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 23, 2025
A derivative and dogged horror movie that reverts to rote with wearying regularity. Read full review
30
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiOct 23, 2025
Yes, the movie looks scary. So scary it could almost be confused for a scary movie. Almost. But only if you’re not paying attention, and miss how shallow, derivative and underwritten it is. Read full review
20
Screen RantGregory NussenOct 31, 2025
The revelations of the film, once they come, are admittedly disturbing. But the route to get there is paved with blandness and awkward acting. Read full review
20
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 22, 2025
Even in an oversaturated genre of increasingly diminished returns, Shelby Oaks is about as dispensable as it gets. Read full review
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