The Dead Center

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The Dead Center

Released Oct 11, 2019

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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A psychiatrist's sanity is pushed to the edge when a patient with amnesia insists he has died and has come back from the other side with something terrible.

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

For pleasing pre-Halloween viewing, you could do a whole lot worse than The Dead Center. Just don't expect too many nightmares afterward.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 11, 2019

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

There's a lot of excellent atmospherics here that are more unsettling than the actual violence, which in turn is all the more effective for largely being kept just off-screen.

Oct 11, 2019

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Makes hospitals seem even scarier than they already are.

Oct 10, 2019

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Despite its occasional faults...The Dead Center still remains a creepy, clinical piece of horror, rich in dread and featuring compelling performances from Carruth and Childs.

Jul 12, 2025

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

The Dead Center is a dark and worrying film that posits an unstoppable apocalypse...Such genuine, weapons-grade nihilism will put off those looking for a horror-themed drama; for those looking for the dark side, this hits the bulls-eye.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 11, 2025

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Keri O'Shea

Warped Perspective

This is a horror film - in the sense of horrific - through and through, a grim mystery which grows ever and ever nastier.

Jul 23, 2020

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Tom L

Incredibly effective supernatural/possession story with interesting and sympathetic characters and an imaginative and disturbing plot. There are hints of Lovecraftian cosmic horror instead of the same tired demonic possession trope. The story seems to actually borrow some plot elements from Lovecraft’s “Beyond the Wall of Sleep,” but actually improves on that story, which is one of Lovecraft’s lesser works. The suggestion that the evil entity has been causing death and mayhem throughout history also adds to the sense of awe and dread. The “no one believes the main character and thinks he’s insane” element is handled deftly as well, and we are left with an uncertain ending and only brief hints as to the entity’s back story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/08/25

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Troy V

Awesome horror does not disappoint!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Ricardo d

Alguns podem gostar, mas eu achei um filme sem propósito, sem explicação sobre do que realmente se tratava o filme e o fim bem meia boca.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Audience Member

BOOORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/28/25

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Craig B

Tried to get into this, but just couldn't. Well acted, had a brooding plot, but just wasn't doing it for me. Some will like it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Brent H

I don't often leave reviews, but had to create an account to hopefully save someone an hour 30 minutes. Absolutely terrible, lazy writing, with a pointless ending. The acting was the only redeemable part, but at the end of the day, the actors should've known better than to accept their roles after they read the script. With nonsensical doctors that blame one of their own psychiatrists rather than a mental patient, I can safely say this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. F-

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/23

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Synopsis

A psychiatrist's sanity is pushed to the edge when a patient with amnesia insists he has died and has come back from the other side with something terrible.

Director: Billy Senese
Producer: Shane Carruth, Denis Deck, Jonathan Rogers, Billy Senese
Screenwriter: Billy Senese
Distributor: Arrow Films
Production Co: Movie City Films, Sequitur Cinema
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.3K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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