The Visit

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The Visit

PG-13

Released Sep 11, 2015

1h 34m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

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Critics Consensus

The Visit provides horror fans with a satisfying blend of thrills and laughs -- and also signals a welcome return to form for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Here, [Shyamalan] loosened up, shed some of his ego, and reminded all of us what a gifted writer and director he truly is.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 12, 2016

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

M. Night Shyamalan made another good movie, and I'm as surprised as you are.

May 3, 2016

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

The Visit is a pleasant surprise.

Nov 10, 2015

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

The Visit is a return to form for Shyamalan.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 23, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

While Shyamalan doesn’t reinvent the wheel with “The Visit”, he does show the creative flourishes that made him a respected name and overnight success in the horror-thriller genre.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 21, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It’s all a very transparent metaphor for family reconciliation and what happens when your old wounds don’t heal.

Rated: 2/4

May 27, 2022

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Brad M

Just ok. The 2 kids were annoying, however the grandma was creepy as hell.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Soleil R

*SPOILER* I just wish the kids didn’t have to kill the grandparents.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Sams K

One of the worst movie I've ever seen!!! If you're scared by this you haven't seen anything really scary in your life. I really want to express my disappointment, I sincerely do not understand how someone can feel scared by this crap, is absolutely awful film, everything's really bad with this!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Ayres R

The movie is great at making you feel like you're living it. There is an unexpected twist. My dad and I both thought this was a fantastic movie if you're looking for a terror. Better than we expected!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Ayden M

How does M. Night keep getting away with this. Who is giving this man money to make movies. Its a blatant rip off of the Taking of Deborah Logan. But like... if it was awful. The rapping was cringe, the child actors sucked, but tbh I blame the script and the director. It was boring, usually movie nights are distraction free, but this one had me doing arts and crafts and my partner was drawing through most of it. And like we watch bad movies for fun, so this one was a new low. The whole thing was uncanny and not in the fun way. And this man needs to stop using mental health issues as a plot device for villians.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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Patrick F

Two young teens visit there grandparents. Much of the movie plays through the lens of the teens own camera. All is not as it seems and things slowly become more and more strange between the kids and grandparents. A average horror movie but may be considered one of M. Night Shamalans hits rather than misses.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Synopsis

Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and younger brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie), all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse
Rating: PG-13 (Some Nudity|Brief Language|Terror|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.1M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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