What Josiah Saw
Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): August 4, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatBobby LePireAug 5, 2022
What Josiah Saw examines religion, trauma, grief, sanity, and familial bonds in a truly unique way. Grashaw elegantly balances the heavy drama, action, and horror moments, crafting an unforgettable journey. Dilts intelligent screenplay is brought to life by a stunning cast giving it their all in every scene. Read full review
91
ColliderChase HutchinsonAug 4, 2022
It is enigmatic and eerie in a manner that crawls under your skin until you feel like you can't escape it. It is proof that films like this, even as they are enormously painful, can reveal the dark truths of being alive in ways other works shy away from. It reflects how life can often have no respite from tragedy, instead burrowing deeper and deeper into it. It succeeds in capturing this state of being, meticulously and ruthlessly ripping away the past until the future comes crashing down. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhil HoadAug 4, 2022
It has a stubborn, almost literary feel for character that accumulates a baleful momentum by the time the finale hits. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakAug 4, 2022
Grashaw’s ability to keep everything moving through that thick air of uncertainty is the film’s best attribute because it does feel like we’ve gone off-track more than once after chapter one (there are three, one for each sibling). Read full review
72
Paste MagazineAurora AmidonAug 4, 2022
If Grashaw had simply trusted his instincts a little more and allowed Josiah to exist as a simple meditation on one family’s traumas, it would have easily joined the ranks of the great cinematic Southern Gothic horrors. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 7, 2022
Dilts and Grashaw build out What Josiah Saw thoughtfully, letting the dread from one story bleed into the next, until everything is covered in a dark, dark stain. Read full review
70
Screen DailyWendy IdeAug 4, 2022
Sluggish pacing slightly undermines the film’s main assets — the strong performances from Kelli Garner as Mary and a suitably ravaged-looking Nick Stahl as Eli. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 4, 2022
The family trauma is so clotted-thick, a faster pace and tightened-up editing might have eradicated the slow-motion underwater feel of the whole. Read full review
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