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The Harbinger

Play trailer 1:35 Poster for The Harbinger Released Dec 1, 2022 1h 26m Horror Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Plagued by horrific nightmares, a woman enters a hellish dreamscape to confront her greatest fears.
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Deftly tapping into pandemic-fueled fears, The Harbinger works within a familiar framework to deliver lingering chills.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian There are flaws, sure, and logical lacunae here and there, but it lingers in the memory long after the final credits roll. Rated: 3/5 Jan 17, 2023 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com This one slips its claws under the skin and then refuses to retract, latching on in such a way that this vicious chiller leaves a lasting scar. Rated: 3/4 Dec 19, 2022 Full Review Nick Allen RogerEbert.com The Harbinger is the kind of horror movie that becomes personal for each viewer; if one is not afraid of its story's more tangible concepts, Mitton does a credible and careful job of evoking the lasting ethereal ones. Sep 26, 2022 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net What separates The Harbinger from others, and elevates it beyond plaguesploitation, is how it understands inherent truths about our fears. Rated: 4/5 Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Stefan Pape Common Sense Media Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, this horror movie taps into our deepest, innermost thoughts and fears, zoning in on anxiety and isolation. The Harbinger uses a demon that appears in the characters dreams as a metaphor for the virus. Rated: 3/5 Aug 17, 2023 Full Review Deirdre Crimmins Paste Magazine The Harbinger is great. It uses the still-present pandemic as a setting for elevated tension and mistrust, but at its core is a thoughtful and terrifying reflection of truly basic fears. Rated: 8.5/10 Apr 19, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert D Seeing that this movie was rated in the 90s has shaken my confidence in Rotten Tomatoes. One of the biggest messes I’ve ever seen onscreen. Okay wow. Just realized there are two movies with the same name that came out in 2022. I watched the other one. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/09/24 Full Review Bruce R The story itself was great and had some great moments and lots of originality. The acting was superb throughout. Gabby Beans was phenomenal, and I totally bought everything. I have two criticisms. First, I thought the movie needed another 10-15 minutes to flesh out the main thrust of the plot. Without giving away spoilers, I felt the ending seemed a little rushed and it just needed a little more. It felt like there was a middle piece of Act 2 that just wasn't there. The total film length was 1:26 with credits so it was a short movie, likely driven by budget. The second criticism is how the film used the pandemic as a backdrop. The movie came out in 2022 so probably made in 2021 during the height of COVID, but watching this now in 2024, the emphasis placed on the fear and paranoia during COVID doesn't age well. It would've worked better had they not specified it was COVID and maybe left it as a non-specific pandemic. All in all though, it is worth a watch and had lot of originality. I recommend it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Adam B Skipped through most of it, but the parts I saw seemed kind of trippy and interesting. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Jacob B A family of mask sporting, super-vaccinated leftist hermit psychopaths so terrified of the plandemic they lock themselves in their own home and slowly begin to mutate into brainwashed agoraphobic sheeple. As their own demented fears of leaving their own home become more and more warped, their brains become mushy soup and the chaos ensues. The fact that there are actual people out there who really behave like this makes the film all-the-more frightening! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review G. R I have to admit that I was really surprised to log on and see this getting panned by the audience. I thought this movie was really fun and pretty scary too. It has some really nice jump scares and I'm not one that jump-scares easily. There are some really rich moments of brooding dread and enough parts in the movie that really keep you guessing on what is real and what isn't real. I understand a few of the plot-hole comments that are out there, but it never really spoiled the viewing experience for me. The supernatural brush of the whole thing paints over more than a few cinema sins. Others ragged on the pandemic premise of it and said that they thought it just blended in with the rest of the Covid-topic movies. I must live a sheltered life, I guess. I've never seen another Covid-based movie. This was my first. Brought back some really terrible memories! LOL. I liked the metaphors involved. Perhaps the sickness metaphors are being overused in other films. I dunno. When I started it and saw the opening credits there wasn't a single name I recognized in the cast. You see that and you expect the acting to be like a Hallmark Christmas movie. But, no. The acting was quite good given the obscurity of the cast list. I say give it a shot. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review Craig B The Harbinger certainly offers what you would call a ‘slow burn'. If you can stick with it for the first 50 minutes, you may get something out of the last 35 minutes where considerably more happens. It has its moments of creepiness and plays off the whole ‘quarantine' atmosphere, but may not tick all the boxes for folks looking for a worthwhile yet brief horror flick. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Plagued by horrific nightmares, a woman enters a hellish dreamscape to confront her greatest fears.
Director
Andy Mitton
Producer
Jay Dunn, Richard W. King, Andy Mitton
Screenwriter
Andy Mitton
Distributor
XYZ Films
Production Co
One Bad Idea Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 1, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2022
Runtime
1h 26m
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