The Covenant

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The Covenant

PG-13

Released Sep 8, 2006

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In the 17th century, five families with supernatural powers make a pact of silence. Eventually one power-hungry family is banished. The descendants of those four remaining families are heirs to tremendous power. Known as the Sons of Ipswich, the boys attend elite Spencer Academy. When a student there is found dead after a party, unraveling secrets threaten to shatter the pact that has protected the boys' families for centuries.

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Critics Consensus

The Covenant plays out like a teen soap opera, full of pretty faces, wooden acting, laughable dialogue, and little suspense.

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

... this falls well short of the Buffy-level resonances at which [Harlin] was presumably aiming.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 27, 2007

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Flying scenes, frat-boy face-offs and pyrotechnic punch-ups are punctuated by excruciating expository dialogue.

Dec 30, 2006

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

Director Renny Harlin helms like a bat out of hell, and obviously doesn't know a pentagram from a mammogram.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

It's mind-boggling to me that a movie this stupid resists the urge to be fun at every single turn.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jan 22, 2024

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

These guys are like glorified Harry Potter characters.

Rated: 2/10

May 7, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Only the modestly entertaining performances of Strait and Ramsey save this film from complete failure.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Poncho J

The funnest kind of dumb

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/09/25

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Martina M

Krytici ho na nespravodlivo kritizovali sú to blbci podľa mňa je to jeden. Najlepších hororu

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/05/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, o filme meio que um episódio normal da série sobrenatural.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/01/25

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larryne p

This wasn't CRINGE (to me atleast) everything is well put together, the cgi is good, the acting is good, it's like REALLY SUPER GOOD. 1000/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Inga B

CGI holds up, great actors, good story

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Calvin O

This movie is essentially for teenagers. The cool boys in the school meet the cool girls. The boys have supernatural powers and it's all about being in control and appealing to the opposite sex. The plot itself is fairly shallow and offers no twists or turns. Unlike the movie "Underworld", this movie moves a little too slow and doesn't have anything interesting to offer other than some occasional special effects and some scantily clad actors. The girls run around in their underwear and the boys walk around in swim trunks.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/13/25

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Synopsis

In the 17th century, five families with supernatural powers make a pact of silence. Eventually one power-hungry family is banished. The descendants of those four remaining families are heirs to tremendous power. Known as the Sons of Ipswich, the boys attend elite Spencer Academy. When a student there is found dead after a party, unraveling secrets threaten to shatter the pact that has protected the boys' families for centuries.

Director: Renny Harlin
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
Screenwriter: J.S. Cardone
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sandstorm Films
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Some Disturbing Images|Language|Partial Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 8, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.3M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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