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Lockbox

Play trailer 1:38 Poster for Lockbox R Jul 2026 1h 45m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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32% Tomatometer 19 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Seeking peace after her mother's death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.
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Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com Jul 3
2/4
[It] teeters uncomfortably between psychological horror and supernatural hoo-hah for much of its running time and finally settles on the hoo-hah. Go to Full Review
Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Jul 3
2/5
Lockbox bounds through plot developments without any sense of stakes or purpose, with a smattering of haphazard paint-by-numbers jump scares. Go to Full Review
Erik Piepenburg New York Times Jul 2
What’s left is a movie with few discernible stakes and little sense. It should have stayed a podcast. Go to Full Review
Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana What a Scream Podcast 3d
1/5
Despite Katherine Isabelle’s commendable performance as the unhinged Vahna, Lockbox lacks scares, solid narration, and any sort of relatable characterisation. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast Jul 8
1.5/4
There is a passiveness to Carla Gugino here that too often blocks us from being drawn into an intriguing setup with implications that never pay off beyond a pretty standard possession story. Go to Full Review
Alan French FandomWire Jul 6
1/10
Lockbox wastes any chance it had to be a good movie in the first ten minutes. Instead, it slogs on for the next ninety minutes, not only wearing out its welcome but running into every horror cliché in the book. Go to Full Review
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Mr Hollywood Jul 9 Boring and ridiculous. Trust me you don’t want to watch this. So forgettable See more Juandi Jul 6 A great actress in a mediocre film it happens. There were some cool shots so I can appreciate certain efforts. Low budget doesn’t always mean it’s a bad movie but in this case everything just seems to fall flat. See more BiPolar Bear Jul 4 Carla Gugino can't be in every horror scene. She really drives the plot forward, but the rest of the film drags with dull moments. The ending was pretty disappointing, and it took forever to reach the solution finally. See more Bruce M @BruceMc Jul 11 Not very good, surprisingly slow and boring. An extra star for Carla Gugino, but her presence wasn't enough: after more than an hour I'd had enough of the tedium and left. Don't forget, "Lockbox" is an adaptation of an episode of a podcast. Not much of a movie here. See more Prickermick T @RT31037599 Jul 10 Watching paint dry would’ve been more entertaining See more T N @RTGUY Jul 8 Wow better then I thought it was going to be See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Seeking peace after her mother's death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.
Director
Daniel Stamm
Producer
Kearie Peak
Screenwriter
Justin Yoffe
Distributor
Aura Entertainment
Production Co
Dark Castle Entertainment, Capstone Studios, Pique Pictures
Rating
R (Some Bloody Violent Content|Brief Drug Material|Language|Grisly Images)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 3, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 3, 2026
Runtime
1h 45m