The Dead Center
Arrow Films | Release Date: October 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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75
San Francisco ChronicleCary DarlingOct 9, 2019
Obviously, director-writer Billy Senese didn’t have a ton of money to work with, but The Dead Center wisely eschews gore and special effects in favor of setting a dark, malevolent mood. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 9, 2019
The film is in tune with the need to remain lucid and empathetic while in the maw of human extremity. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 11, 2019
There’s a lot of excellent atmospherics here that are more unsettling than the actual violence, which in turn is all the more effective for largely being kept just off-screen. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 10, 2019
What it has going for it in spades is supremely creepy atmosphere. The hospital virtually becomes a major character in the story itself, its washed-out coloring and neon lights making everyone look like they have a sickly pallor. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmOct 11, 2019
The plot seems sillier the more one mulls it over, yet it’s a testament to the film that we’re not preoccupied with questions of probability for the duration of its running time. Read full review
60
The GuardianMike McCahillOct 10, 2019
What’s crucial is how Senese and cinematographer Andy Duensing film these elements: patiently, attentively, with a feel for space and ambient atmosphere, and a reluctance to offer easy explanations that invites tantalising metaphorical readings, and counts as recognisably Carruthian. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshOct 10, 2019
Carruth’s troubled performance holds the piece together until it loses the thread on its own tenuous mythology, descending into incoherent cacophony. Read full review
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