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The Outwaters

Play trailer 2:03 Poster for The Outwaters Released Feb 9, 2023 1h 50m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Four travelers experience a mind-bending trip through terror while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave desert.
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The Outwaters may strike some viewers as frustratingly withholding, but it remains an ambitious -- and overall effective -- slice of found-footage horror.

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Kim Newman Sight & Sound If the job of a horror film is to terrify, then The Outwaters is refreshingly direct and astonishingly successful even as it is, in certain ways, wilfully obscure. Jul 8, 2024 Full Review Alison Willmore New York Magazine/Vulture The Outwaters sounds Blair Witch–like on paper, down to the camping trip its group of four friends is taking. But the actual experience of watching it is an astonishing array of dreamlike imagery as the trip goes from mundane to macabre. Dec 9, 2023 Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times Lacing the scramble too with a cosmic hint of Stanley Kubrick, director and star Robbie Banfitch touches on something truly nightmarish. Rated: 4/5 Apr 6, 2023 Full Review Rocco T. Thompson Daily Dead Liminal horror is having a moment, and while Skinamarink may have been the viral, nothing-but-vibes flavor of the year, the rest of us were jabbering about The Outwaters to anyone who would listen. Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Bee Delores B-Sides & Badlands The Outwaters doesn’t play it safe. In fact, it goes big and bold with its conceit in such a way that makes it nothing short of a vital entry in the genre. Rated: 4/5 Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film It is fascinating that he managed to pour his entire vision on-screen, on his own terms, and have a hand at all of those filmmaking facets – a horror version of Steven Soderbergh almost... Rated: B- Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Roy freaky as hell. loved it Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review esteban l Movie was a trip and not a good one Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Melissa It was poorly made I wasted my money Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review matt Do not watch cheap budget. Did not enjoy it. Feel for the trap of a good rating and I regret it Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review michael s I liked it. It was definitely weird. I liked how it was left up to the viewer to figure it out Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review christine lecter i liked the 3rd act. it's a little slow & annoying at first. but by the end i thought it was really good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Four travelers experience a mind-bending trip through terror while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave desert.
Director
Robbie Banfitch
Producer
Robbie Banfitch, Beau J. Genot
Screenwriter
Robbie Banfitch
Distributor
Cinedigm
Production Co
5100 Films, Fathom Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 9, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 50m
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