Come Out and Play 2012

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: The film maintains a deliberately unhurried pace that builds tension naturally and with minimum interference from the soundtrack. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Despite its familiar genre trappings, this nastily efficient horror film delivers genuine chills. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: For horror fans, there are ... enough gruesome images, icky concepts and "don't-go-there" moments to carry the day. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: Even by the low standards of scary-movie plausibility, mononymous first-timer Makinov exhibits brazenly little interest in psychologically grounding his story. Read more

Scott Foundas, Village Voice: Makinov tries repeatedly to mine suspense from slowly creeping up on his actors with the camera. If I'd directed this bunk, I'd hide my face too. Read more