The Abandoned

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The Abandoned

Released Jan 8, 2016

1h 28m

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Mystery & Thriller

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An unstable woman (Louisa Krause) discovers a horrifying presence in the bowels of a decaying building where she works as a security guard.

Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

Despite its formulaic structure, The Abandoned has a lot going for it. It eschews cheap scares, bloodletting, and gore.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 15, 2016

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The film is effective for long stretches, mainly due to Rockaway's superb use of his principal setting.

Jan 8, 2016

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Just when you think this IFC Midnight flick will slide into an effective genre track, it flies off the rails in spectacular fashion, getting more unbearable and ridiculous all the way up to its closing minutes.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 8, 2016

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Andrew Stover

Film Threat

The Abandoned doesn’t quite justify its last-minute reveals. Yet, the film has a wonderfully eerie vibe and setting going for it, making this an effective atmospheric horror venture.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 26, 2022

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

While the ending is weak, two-thirds of the film works so wonderfully it is still worth watching.

Rated: 8.5/10

Sep 30, 2021

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Cheryl Eddy

io9.com

The most annoying thing in horror has got to be when the protagonist is so utterly dumb that he or she makes decisions that everyone in the audience knows are a bad idea. Case in point: The Abandoned.

Mar 13, 2017

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The acting and atmosphere wins you over in the first half yet the second half becomes routine and familiar with an okay ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

A good twist to a horror flick. A young woman takes a job at an abandoned building at night. She finds a corridor that was not on the blueprints and when she enters weird things happen. The end is really different. A lot of symbolism with the dark and the light.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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jon h

Meh once I heard him ask "how did you know your way back?" I pretty much knew how this film was going to end. It's become a fairly generic ending to this kind of film so that was disappointing. I think sometimes people fall into the trap on here of either loving a movie or hating it, in this case for me it was somewhere in the middle. Decent performances and up until the last half an hour I was pretty invested in it but ultimately it isn't a film I would recommend unless you're really struggling to find something to watch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Honestly thought i was going to watch this when i woke up in the middle of the night to go back to sleep. It was a good movie. Not totally factual but still pretty damned close. Better than The Dirt.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Fergus Stapleton. Quite good overall. Great setting well used, Good performances. Good atmosphere. Creepy story which unravels a bit in last 10 minutes. Twist at end which makes you re think things. Didn't like it at first but kind of changed my mind later. Overall worth a look though the ending wii be divisive.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Very interesting idea, very bad movie with good actors. SPOILER ALERT: Interesting idea: the last dream of a lifetime sick child

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Synopsis

An unstable woman (Louisa Krause) discovers a horrifying presence in the bowels of a decaying building where she works as a security guard.

Director: Eytan Rockaway
Producer: Mike Landry, Eytan Rockaway, Carlos Velazquez
Screenwriter: Ido Fluk
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: C Plus Pictures
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 8, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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