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IMDb rating 6.2
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Critic rating 6.4

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Critic Tomris Laffly
rated 8

...is a strangely uplifting throwback to old-fashioned clans of investigative teens.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Marc Savlov
rated 5

It’s ultimately a memorably unnerving film and a legitimate gateway drug for budding young fans of surreal and, well, scary movies...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle
Critic Simran Hans
rated 6

In a departure from the books, the film adopts a period setting, taking place in the weeks leading up to Nixon’s election in 1968.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Dan Jolin
rated 6

Heavy on jump scares, cobwebby corridors and CGI-assisted fiends, Øvredal and del Toro revel in the genre’s bloody heartland...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Mike Mccahill
rated 6

It feels like a film made to be snuck into.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Jeffrey M. Anderson
rated 8

At the helm, talented Norwegian director Andre Ovredal keeps a measured, tense pace and uses physical space (...) to great shocking effect.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Mia Brygger
rated 7

Der er masser af solid opbygning og tilbageholdt åndedræt til at begejstre de fleste horrorfans, og tilstrækkelig skrækscenarier og forvrængede figurer til at holde lyset tændt om natten.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Stefan Hedmark
rated 6

Skräcken varvas med humor och nostalgi. Tonen påminner ibland om ”Stranger things” och slutet öppnar för en fortsättning.

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Cast & Crew

André Øvredal
Director
Gil Bellows
As Chief Turner
Lyndon B. Johnson
As Himself (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
As Himself (archive footage)
Lorraine Toussaint
As Lou Lou
Dean Norris
As Roy Nicholls
Walter Cronkite
As Himself (archive footage)

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On a dark and stormy Halloween night, a group of teenagers stumbles upon a mysterious and supposedly haunted house in their small town. As they explore the eerie mansion, they discover a chilling book of horror stories written by the home's former occupant, Sarah Bellows. But as they delve deeper into the book's twisted tales, they begin to realize that the stories are coming to life and threatening their lives. Will they be able to escape the house and its deadly secrets before it's too late?

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