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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamStylishly filmed and often scary, Out of the Dark unspools a conclusion as conventional and button-down as a wide tie knot and a pair of wingtips.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAn old school ghost story, with a supernatural cause-and-effect story and modest and modestly effective effects — watery footsteps, creaking stairs, shadows glimpsed through a window.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartA horror movie with an anti-globalist bent that’s more interesting than its halfhearted scares.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThe lead actors are solid as usual, but you can feel them all knocking their heads against the low ceiling of material that’s afraid to take any risks — playing it so safe that the film ends up lacking anything in the way of real personality, scares or plot surprises.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFrom its generic title to its familiar child in distress storyline to its hackneyed depiction of things going bump in the night, Out of the Dark is thoroughly forgettable.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOrnamenting its flimsy back story with assaultive sound effects and asinine behavior, Out of the Dark strains to shock.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleA movie lovely to look at but on-the-nose and crushingly dull, a pair of qualities a ghost yarn can't live on.
- 25RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOut of the Dark never leaves much of an impression despite character actor Stephen Rea's endearingly cocky performance, and an exotic—though largely under-utilized—South American setting.