Haunter 2013

Critics score:
53 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Sara Stewart, New York Post: The plot spirals into increasing fuzziness ... Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: A dull, confusing movie for which nobody bothered to provide a script. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Abigail Breslin is effective enough to generate a rooting interest in the plucky protagonist of the piece, and to sustain interest when narrative logic turns fuzzy. Read more

Josh Modell, AV Club: The occasionally intriguing, but ultimately middling Haunter is caught in some kind of gauzy haunted-house purgatory between a girl-powered YA story and a ghostly serial-killer mystery. Read more

William Goss, Film.com: Haunter continues the close-but-no-cigar tradition of Natali's post-Cube endeavors. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Clever haunted-house pic will please more than hardcore fright fans. Read more

Annlee Ellingson, Los Angeles Times: "Haunter" offers a freaky, visceral experience - without a hint of gore. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Lifted by the sepulchral Stephen McHattie as Lisa's nemesis, the film's frazzled thought experiment becomes an adequate yarn. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Inspiration seems to come from Groundhog Day, Beetlejuice and even The Shining. Read more

Calum Marsh, Village Voice: Has an elegance roughly on par with a Goosebumps novel, refusing to follow its own contradictory rules and barely sustaining a pretense of internal logic. Read more