The Haunting of Molly Hartley 2008

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: God and Satan duke it out for the soul of a young girl in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, an unexpectedly cynical addition to the teen-scream genre. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: It's a horror film better suited for skittish cats than humans. Read more

Chelsea Bain, Boston Globe: It's no Rosemary's Baby, but for teens looking for a quick fix on All Hallow's Day, it will do. Read more

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: The story's a snooze, so the filmmakers punch it up with smash cuts and thunderclaps that turn the most laughably banal items into cheap jack-in-the-box shocks. They'll make you flinch -- but then again, so will most of the dialogue. Read more

Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times: It would take hallucinations of a powerful kind indeed to find anything worthwhile in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, a dead-on-arrival thriller that resolutely fails to come to life. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The Haunting of Molly Hartley isn't the least bit haunting. It's just cheap. Read more

Tony Wong, Toronto Star: If you get past the retro Nancy Drew title, this is a worthwhile effort. Read more

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Rob Nelson, Variety: This softcore thriller runs strictly by the numbers. Read more