Devil's Due 2014

Andrew Barker, Variety: Offers precious little in the way of real scares or engaging characters, and even less in original ideas. Read more

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: Throw in an abandoned house in the neighborhood that is suddenly occupied, a vanishing obstetrician and a first communion ceremony that goes terribly wrong, and the chill factor quickly rises. Read more

Peter Keough, Boston Globe: At least there's a credible premise in "Devil's Due," an otherwise feeble exercise in the found-footage form. Read more

Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader: The movie's found-footage conceit never creates a proper atmosphere, something essential to any horror film but particularly one involving the occult. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: A disjointed and unconvincing movie that is also embarrassingly derivative of "Paranormal Activity." Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Dredging up horror movie favorites like random nosebleeds, a traumatized priest and a mama-to-be with a yen for raw meat, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett direct with competence but a dispiriting lack of originality. Read more

Todd Gilchrist, TheWrap: The feature-length debut of two thirds of the directorial troupe Radio Silence scrambles to find any excuse to cut to a new angle or shoot traditional coverage while debasing a potentially compelling story with every found-footage cliche in the book. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Devlin's script tips its hand so early on that Devil's Due lumbers toward a woefully flat, predictable ending, and the unwelcome promise of something truly demonic - sequels. Read more