The Pact

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The Pact

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Released Jul 6, 2012

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Disturbing visions and her sister's disappearance lead a woman (Caity Lotz) to call a cop (Casper Van Dien) and a psychic to her childhood home.

Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

The explanations for what has been going on are weird, fantastical and sort of reasonable, within the context of the story, maintaining the film's sense of grounded directness up to the very end.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 12, 2012

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

A tightly controlled low-budget chiller whose occasional moments of unexpected special effects are set up beautifully by long periods of suspense.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 6, 2012

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

In the end, like a lot of genre movies, this one pulls from different inspirations, and so weighs in, by turns, as overly predictable and satisfyingly recognizable (part of genre cinema's one-two punch).

Rated: 3/5

Jul 5, 2012

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Rita Cannon

Battleship Pretension

The Pact takes its time revealing anything specific about the horrors that hide in the family's house. For most of its running time, we don't have a good idea what Annie is up against, which makes the slow trickle of clues that much more tantalizing.

Mar 10, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Desperately underwhelming.

Jul 25, 2019

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C.J. Prince

Way Too Indie

There is a lot of potential shown in The Pact, but the clunky writing and bombardment of clichés end up overshadowing the better qualities of the film.

Rated: 6.2/10

Jul 3, 2019

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Goran G

B flick with so many plot holes, but also with many very well shot horror scenes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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John C

The Pact is a story about a woman who loses her mother and spends a large proportion of the film wandering round various apartments on her own. Sometimes spooky stuff happens, but sadly not much. She just wanders around. Sometimes she talks to herself. Sometimes she phones a friend and leaves a voicemail message. Once she even spoke to her daughter via webcam. Every so often, something would go bump somewhere in her apartment. I think that was my cue to be scared. I wasn't. Nice atmosphere and sense of foreboding dread - pity nothing much happened. It's like the first (duller) half of Paranormal Activity (1), only without the second exciting half added on to it. Oh, and Starship Troopers' former poster boy Casper Van Dian is in it. And he looks waay too old to be in the mobile infantry and more.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Audience Member

One more movie where dead people get in touch with the living ones to help solve a murder, although the cliche I liked the ghost-story and the thriller atmosphere.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Liam D

A interesting Chiller This Thriller is a underrated little gem

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/18/21

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The Pact (2012) was really enjoyable from a horror fan point of view. It had just the right amount of spook, mystery and thrills. It held the same level of eeriness throughout. I was on edge the whole time. Nicholas McCarthy has perfectly directed this film as we experience as much as the character does, with the extremely tight halls winding through the house. It was predictable in some areas, such as the jump scare department but that is to be expected as everything has been done to death these days. However the storyline took many turns that weren't as expected. Caity Lotz was well casted for the role of Annie. Her performance was captivating and relatable. A little slow but It doesn't affect the overall feel of the film. I would definitely recommend.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

I didn't care for it. Something with the pacing, the timing.. it just didn't work. But Gary T (a reviewer on here somewhere who put everything in all caps and hated this movie..lol) . why don't you tell us how you really feel? Lmao

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Synopsis

Disturbing visions and her sister's disappearance lead a woman (Caity Lotz) to call a cop (Casper Van Dien) and a psychic to her childhood home.

Director: Nicholas McCarthy
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein
Screenwriter: Nicholas McCarthy
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Preferred Content, Pathé Thuis
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 6, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 29m

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