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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistR. Colin TaitThe PlaylistR. Colin TaitIt’s good without being elevated or necessarily great. But it has enough scares to qualify as a decent “dark place” movie without breaking the mold.
- 70SlashfilmMatt DonatoSlashfilmMatt DonatoIt's a solid Friday night spookshow with solid bones and a divisive finisher — harmless horror entertainment that at least strives to be better than ordinary.
- 60The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe Cellar does sag just a little in the middle, but its spooky beginning and apocalyptic denouement set it aside from the horror pack.
- 59Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganPaste MagazineNatalia KeoganAside from the one chilling scene grafted straight from The Ten Steps and its gorgeous, historic filming location, The Cellar just isn’t that deep.
- 50The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakA film full of thought-provoking ideas that never quite gel into anything more than another example of missed potential.
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatIf horror flicks came in cans like fake spaghetti, this would be the kind of can-shaped wormy mess that would slowly ooze out when held upside down and shaken.
- 50IGNMatt FowlerIGNMatt FowlerThe Cellar has a cool and creepy set up but then fizzles once the answers start arriving.
- 50RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsThe Cellar doesn't even need to be a smarter or even more faithful homage. All it needs to be is a little more of something—energetic, gross, thoughtful ... something!—to make it compelling enough to withstand comparisons to its many generic precedents.
- Like Cuthbert, The Cellar oozes with potential but isn’t given enough—or doesn’t do enough—with what’s there, creating a subdued experience for viewers.
- 40The GuardianLeslie FelperinThe GuardianLeslie FelperinWriter-director Brendan Muldowney is better at contriving striking images of horror, filmed with umbral gloom by cinematographer Tom Comerford, than at the character and story stuff.