Haunter

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Haunter

2013

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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37 Reviews

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The ghost of a teenager (Abigail Breslin) tries to protect a young girl (Eleanor Zichy) and her family from a dead serial killer (Stephen McHattie) who can possess the living.

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Haunter's premise is intriguing enough, though the film's too low budget to truly pull it off.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

It's hard to dislike a film that has so much fun with the idea that for isolated teens, every day is like Sunday.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2014

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Dee Rudebeck

Guardian

A good performance from Breslin keeps tension alive, but hope for a really scary and inventive fright dies screaming in the basement.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 3, 2014

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Inspiration seems to come from Groundhog Day, Beetlejuice and even The Shining.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 19, 2013

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A film involving ghosts that makes the bold decision to never be creepy, or ever be interesting, no matter what the talents might have been of the cast and crew.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Where Groundhog Day used it’s same-day-repeats well, this film seems to drag on the actual resolution.

Feb 22, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Never challenging or innovative, and consistent only in its fuzzy supernatural logic, the film is an empty exercise in atmosphere.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 22, 2022

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Michael C

This is an exercise by someone who was engaged by too many un-horror movies left over from the 1980's. Trite, disjointed. Even Breslin's good acting can't save what began as an interesting story. After the time loop theme was dropped, so was the story.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Maddie L

Is it perfect? No. Is it fantastic? No, but I think it's way better than the ratings it's getting, this film is super captivating and in the end it's honestly fairly beautiful. Give it a watch, you'll enjoy it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Fe Ann Joyce L

I finally watched it, it was great. Abigail was good, his brother is cute btw. I like the storyline and how it was deliver. I was enticed watching it upon watching some short clips about a teen stuck in a loop. This one was a good story made in POV of a ghost.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Melissa L

A different kind of movie which ending's bittersweet. I recommend it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Oren B

Pretty good! An interesting take on... well, I don't want to spoil... More than worth your time!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/24

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Audience Member

It kind of reminds me of another movie that I watched where the little boy was killed by his dad and he was stuck in a past life on the day of his murder. He eventually found out how he died and who killed him. This movie was just like that one, except, the teen girl in the movie that was already dead saved another family that was on the brink of being murdered by the dad. It was very sad seeing that this man was killing young teens and even his own parents and whole families. There was something mentally wrong with him. It's good that the teen girl saved the living teen girl's family, but it was very tragic what happened to her own family. Edgar got what he was asking for.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Synopsis

The ghost of a teenager (Abigail Breslin) tries to protect a young girl (Eleanor Zichy) and her family from a dead serial killer (Stephen McHattie) who can possess the living.

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Producer: Steven Hoban
Screenwriter: Brian King
Production Co: Copper Heart Entertainment, Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC), Wild Bunch
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m

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