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The Lodgers
18 (MALAYSIA)
2018
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22
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.2
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2.8
If you cant figure out what that is just from the combination of outcast twins and Gothic horror, dont worry: Its telegraphed early and often.
Av Club
1.9
I wish it did, because little horror films need love most of all.
Rogerebert
3.5
1920, rural Ireland.Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate.
Blu Ray
3.8
Brian OMalleys The Lodgers may not be flat out scary, but it gets points for its Gothic atmosphere and for its patient, careful approach to a pretty g ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.0
This weeks film The Lodgers 15A, 93 mins The Lodgers, a new horror flick from director Brian OMalley, is a high toned affair.We have the familiar scen ..
The Times
1.5
But despite some ambitious momentsincluding a lengthy underwater sequence that evokes the end of The Shape of WaterBrian OMalleys direction cant pull ..
Film Journal
2.5
It seems that The Lodgers never quite meets its potential. This is the kind of film that has been done before, better, but that I believe keeps us opt ..
Film Inquiry
4.0
It will delight genre fans and deliver pleasing chills to others.
Eye For Film
2.5
In the new horror film, The Lodgers, we have all of the elements of a beautifully produced gothic horror tale, yet something is not gelling as it shou ..
Flim Threet
2.0
The inhabitants of the derelict mansion in The Lodgers dont get out much.
The New York Times
2.5
As such The Lodgers reveals itself to be a beautiful gothic horror with a captivating truth mishandled in a desire to surprise more than resonate.
The Film Stage
1.5
Theres nothing eerie or sinister here, and even the aspects of the tale meant to be shocking barely rise to the level of accidentally repellent.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
Dying strain Turpins script depicts the dying strain as desperate, incestuous and potentially haunted.
The Irish Times
4.5
More ominously mysterious than outright terrifying, this is finely attuned, atmospheric filmmaking more likely to catch the attention of art house afi ..
Hollywood Reporter
5.0
The Lodgers isnt especially frightening, but as the story of people weighed down by their legacies, it is genuinely haunting.
Los Angeles Times
4.5
People tend to love Gothic horror for the atmospherics, not so much the narrative bones.
Variety
0.0
The somewhat affable performances prove effective at staving off ones complete boredom, admittedly, and its difficult not to initially get a kick out ..
Reel Film
3.5
In terms of OMalley going on to bigger things, this is quite the calling card.Theres also more than enough to justify a sequel providing theres some s ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
Even the inevitable ending, while signposted throughout, feels appropriate enough to satisfy.
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
A decade or so ago, it would have been hard to talk with any conviction about Irish horror as a genre.
Independent Ie
3.0
Still, the movie has enough style to hold the audiences interest for most of its running time, along with strong performances from stars Charlotte Veg ..
Film Racket
5.0
The Lodgers is an almost pornographically Gothic movie. If you adore this sort of stuff and I most certainly do youll eat every inch of it.
ComingSoon
2.5
The film takes far too much time answering any questions about just what the monsters are and why the kids must follow their particularly strict rules ..
Under The Radar Mag
1.5
The underwhelming mystery at its center damns The Lodgers to mediocrity.
Cbr
5.0
The Lodgers beautifully evokes conflicted identity, the traps of legacy, and the impossibility of ever truly leaving ones past behind and the film con ..
Scifi Now
3.0
Coming of age can be a wondrous time.But perhaps not if you live in a haunted mansion in Ireland.
National Post
4.5
Genre films are often criticised as lacking cultural specificity, but that cannot be said about The Lodgers.Overall, while the films narrative does le ..
Film Ireland
2.0
Its too atmospheric and attractive to call a missed opportunity, yet too slight and light on scares to leave much of an impression.
Film Ireland
4.5
OMalley gives us some classic scares in The Lodgers, along with a heroine worth rooting for and a gothic house as world weary as it is frightening.
Screen Anarchy
2.5
You can see where The Lodgers is going, but you might not mind watching it go there.
Seattle Times
4.5
Delicately crafted, The Lodgers is a richly woven tapestry of classically inspired gothic horror.
Dread Central
2.0
By Adam Nayman Things creak in The Lodgers, a painfully genteel Irish horror movie haunted by the spirits of superior ghost stories, from The Innocent ..
Cinema Scope
3.5
Haneke has a firm enough grip on the traditional tools of making movies that you remain involved through two hours of this even if youre never quite s ..
Daily Public
4.5
The Lodgers is a low key offering in the Gothic genre, less invested in jump scares than in its own moodiness.
Cines Nark
4.0
Now director Brian OMalley (Let Us Prey) seems to be kick starting the latest horror resurgence with his latest movie The Lodgers.The name might not s ..
The Hollywood News
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