Eliza Graves 2014

Rex Reed, New York Observer: This is a movie that is several cuts above your usual straitjacket thriller. Enter at your own risk. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: All involved deserve better, particularly Poe. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: The lunatics have seldom taken over the asylum so literally, yet to so little reward, as in "Stonehearst Asylum." Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Stonehearst takes off, subverting genre expectations by turning the inmates into representatives of modernity. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: "Stonehearst Asylum" starts with the hysteria knob set at 11 and goes up from there. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: On the surface, Anderson seems to have all the necessary pieces for a surreal psycho pop. But the fear factor eludes him, leaving "Stonehearst Asylum" more insipid than insane. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: If you accept the grandly Gothic insanity here, there's a lot of fun to be had. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Shockingly flabby ... Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: It's 'Shutter Island' in the Scottish Highlands with this initially intriguing, ultimately depressing Victorian-era madhouse drama. Read more

Rob Staeger, Village Voice: The implicit criticism of psychiatry without compassion makes this confection unusually filling. Vincent Price never had it so good. Read more