Ghostland

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Ghostland

Released Jun 22, 2018

1h 31m

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Sixteen years after a traumatic event, a mother and two daughters reunite at the house where it happened, and that's when things get strange.

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Critics Consensus

Incident in a Ghost Land may satisfy horror fans in search of a nasty kick, but it's narratively flawed and decidedly not for the squeamish.

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Simon Abrams

Village Voice

An effectively punishing critique of the relentless misogyny that has become a staple of every stupid Texas Chain Saw Massacre knockoff that pits sexually active women against emotionally disturbed serial killers.

Jun 22, 2018

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Laugnier meticulously showcases sadism while seeming comparatively indifferent to matters of basic storytelling logic and suspense.

Jun 22, 2018

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

Transphobia and misogyny flow through the film as much as blood, staining what might have been a solid genre effort.

Jun 21, 2018

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Paul Farrell

Vague Visages

...it is not the gross-out factor that turns me off from Laugier’s second attempt at martyrdom, it is the casual virulence towards his characters...

Dec 13, 2023

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Laugier makes many questionable choices regarding the film's villains, but those issues aside he has still managed to craft a bleak, visceral and deeply upsetting horror film.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 31, 2022

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

While Laugier delivers a fantastically tense home invasion thriller, the politics - from the misogyny, to the transphobic villain, to the reverence for H.P. Lovecraft - make his creative decisions virtually unforgivable.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 28, 2022

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Ely R

Entertaining movie for any horror fan with a good plot-twist

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Brandyn T

Absolute must see for any horror fan.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Ethan M

This film has many good scenes, however, not enough to be called a good movie. Actors are excellent, the locations too, but script is really bad. The story itself has a lack of scenes that were not necessary. The villains die so fast and by the police.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Jeff H

There are a lot of terrible horror films out there, and this one about a single mom and her two teenaged daughters isn't the worse by far. At least the filmmakers were trying, and they managed to pull off a couple of time jumps that were effective. They also told the story without exposition (the creeper who loved dolls). /// As much as I adore H.P. Lovecraft, who is the motif in this film, I found the writerly daughter's obsession with the master of 20th century horror to be in-your-face yet barely watchable. It actually made me uncomfortable, which is what I'd say about the whole film. Not "the Shining" uncomfortable. Not "It" uncomfortable. Not "the Witch" uncomfortable. Just "not a good movie" uncomfortable. The only thing Lovecraftian about this flick is a girl's descent into madness, but even that didn't feel Lovecraftian. There were no otherworldy threats, no "deep ones," no chaotic worship of gods. It was simply an abduction story. When I was a teen, I prayed for Hollywood to give me Lovecraft. Now, I pray they finally start leaving him alone.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/16/24

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Tyler T

One of the darkest films out there. Not for me

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Sage W

glorified torture porn nothing more nothing less

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Synopsis

Sixteen years after a traumatic event, a mother and two daughters reunite at the house where it happened, and that's when things get strange.

Director: Pascal Laugier
Producer: Clement Miserez, Jean-Charles Levy, Matthieu Warter, Nicolas Manuel
Screenwriter: Pascal Laugier
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: 5656 Films, Mars Films, Logical Pictures, Kinology, Inferno Pictures
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 22, 2018
Runtime: 1h 31m

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