The Pyramid
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 5, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
VarietyGuy LodgeDec 4, 2014
Correctly ascertaining that auds will be less interested in the outcome than in the obstacles along the way, Levasseur plants and executes the pic’s exclamation-point scares with grinning, squelching gusto. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerDec 5, 2014
In the end, The Pyramid seems designed not for horror, adventure, or action but to provide every possible answer to the question of its found-footage bona fides—yes, no, or maybe, depending on who’s asking. It spends most of its running time hedging uncertainly between trend and backlash, explanations and excuses. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleWilliam GossDec 10, 2014
The Pyramid is a mere matinee meat-grinder, neither terribly original nor all that tense. The real pyramids have been remembered for millennia. This one will be lucky if it lasts a week. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonDec 5, 2014
This enjoyable-despite-itself horror flick has precisely nothing new to offer - with the arguable exception of a monster in a miniskirt, which may be a first. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiDec 6, 2014
In news that will probably not startle too many of you, The Pyramid is pretty much junk from start to finish. Read full review
37
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanDec 5, 2014
The air inside the pyramid isn’t the only thing that’s stale in this ludicrous yet mildly likable horror film. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyDec 6, 2014
If you're looking for cheap scares and have 90 minutes to kill, you could do worse than The Pyramid. But not a lot worse. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiDec 8, 2014
The obnoxious sound design and score divest the film of much of its suspense, and perhaps more important characters have no survival instincts. The audience never has a chance to build some false hope that someone might make it out alive. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorDec 5, 2014
It's a found footage movie that feels instantly dated, even with its supposed political undertones. It's creaky, laborious, and not, in the least bit, scary. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDec 8, 2014
The answers aren’t satisfying, and The Pyramid, despite an unpretentious matinee vibe, is mostly interesting in seeing how little light can be on screen before a bare minimum of suspense and coherence dissipates. There is, truly, not much to see in this movie. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanDec 6, 2014
Poisoned air, feral night-vision critters and hard-to-read hieroglyphics are just the tip of the pyramid for the world's dumbest squad of adventurers who walk right into their own curse. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinDec 5, 2014
The problem with The Pyramid is that it doesn't have a single new idea in its arsenal. All the shocks are cribbed from the likes of Alien, The Descent and a ghostly host of other horror films, but they're not even very effectively done here. Read full review
20
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeDec 5, 2014
The paucity of new ideas is evident from the opening crawl. Read full review
20
EmpireKim NewmanDec 5, 2014
Worse than being buried alive in an actual pyramid, if mercifully less time-consuming. Read full review
20
The GuardianChris MichaelDec 4, 2014
Levasseur understands the claustrophobia of being locked inside a stuffy pyramid with collapsing floors and sand traps. Unfortunately for him, Indiana Jones turns out to be incompatible with Alien, and the bad acting and atrocious script don’t help. Read full review
10
The DissolveAndrew LapinDec 5, 2014
By the end of The Pyramid, found footage becomes just another possession to be buried alongside long-dead Pharaohs for use in the next life. Here’s hoping the next life has no return policy. Read full review
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