The Cellar
RLJE Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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80
We Got This CoveredAlejandra MartinezApr 25, 2022
If you stick with it, The Cellar performs a kind of alchemy on screen: turning from a staid haunted house movie into a haunted house movie with a real sense of ambition and fun. I just wish it had more interest in its female leads. Read full review
75
The PlaylistR. Colin TaitApr 13, 2022
It’s good without being elevated or necessarily great. But it has enough scares to qualify as a decent “dark place” movie without breaking the mold. Read full review
70
SlashfilmMatt DonatoApr 15, 2022
It's a solid Friday night spookshow with solid bones and a divisive finisher — harmless horror entertainment that at least strives to be better than ordinary. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMar 25, 2022
The Cellar does sag just a little in the middle, but its spooky beginning and apocalyptic denouement set it aside from the horror pack. Read full review
59
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganApr 13, 2022
Aside from the one chilling scene grafted straight from The Ten Steps and its gorgeous, historic filming location, The Cellar just isn’t that deep. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 16, 2022
What does connect is Cuthbert’s anxious, guilt-tinged performance as a mom who spends her days as an in-demand marketing consultant, helping brands reach the coveted youth demographic. Read full review
50
IGNMatt FowlerApr 15, 2022
The Cellar has a cool and creepy set up but then fizzles once the answers start arriving. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsApr 15, 2022
The Cellar doesn't even need to be a smarter or even more faithful homage. All it needs to be is a little more of something—energetic, gross, thoughtful ... something!—to make it compelling enough to withstand comparisons to its many generic precedents. Read full review
50
Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesApr 15, 2022
If horror flicks came in cans like fake spaghetti, this would be the kind of can-shaped wormy mess that would slowly ooze out when held upside down and shaken. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakApr 13, 2022
A film full of thought-provoking ideas that never quite gel into anything more than another example of missed potential. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubRichard NewbyApr 15, 2022
Like Cuthbert, The Cellar oozes with potential but isn’t given enough—or doesn’t do enough—with what’s there, creating a subdued experience for viewers. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 15, 2022
Writer-director Brendan Muldowney’s latest lacks the thick atmospherics that might have punched across a sketchy screenplay, which falls short in expanding the premise of his 2004 short “The Ten Steps.” Read full review
40
The GuardianLeslie FelperinApr 12, 2022
Writer-director Brendan Muldowney is better at contriving striking images of horror, filmed with umbral gloom by cinematographer Tom Comerford, than at the character and story stuff. Read full review
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