You Should Have Left

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You Should Have Left

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2020

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Strange events plague a couple and their young daughter when they rent a secluded countryside house that has a dark past.

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Critics Consensus

You Should Have Left hints at a genuinely creepy experience, but never quite manages to distill its intriguing ingredients into a consistently satisfying whole.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Right when this movie starts, the entire game is given away.

Jun 24, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

The house is more interesting than the story itself.

Jun 24, 2020

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A.A. Dowd

AV Club

But the movie itself turns out to be a much shoddier bit of carpentry... it builds a ponderous Blumhouse haunted house-one whose "scares" are just hints of a secret the audience will figure out faster than intended.

Rated: C

Jun 22, 2020

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

David Koepp's screenplay holds so many underdeveloped concepts and extremely superficial attempts at balancing distinct genres that it totally forgets to actually tell a convincing story with complete character arcs and interesting plot points.

Rated: D+

Jul 24, 2023

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Zoë Rose Bryant

Loud and Clear Reviews

You Should Have Left fails to incite fear of any kind, with a story that’s more sleep-inducing than scary, despite Kevin Bacon's best efforts in the lead role.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 1, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The biggest draw is Kevin Bacon and even though this isn’t top quality material, it’s great to see him on screen again and he keeps us invested from start to finish.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Aluna U

You Should Have Left (2020) is a psychological horror film with an intriguing premise and eerie atmosphere, enhanced by jump scares and unsettling sound design. While the mysterious opening successfully builds suspense, the film suffers from weak character development, unclear backstories, and unresolved plot elements, leaving viewers with more questions than answers. Despite these flaws, the movie delivers a fair amount of tension and remains an enjoyable experience for fans of the genre. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/25

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Korra N

What could've been a terrifying "House of Leaves"-like cosmic horror is instead a pretty rote and run-of-the-mill horror story. The acting is solid, especially Bacon, but David Koepp clearly can't write like he used to.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/06/25

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Stephen C

Meant to scare me in 1 hour and 33 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Language, Disturbing Images, Sexual Content and Some Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/25

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Audience Member

Well, Bacon in anything is always great but this story was tipid and done to much better effect in numerous other flicks. It's not a keeper and maybe only watchable if you're a big Bacon fan and even than... Meh.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/18/25

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Pedro Henrique C

You Should Have Left is simply bad, slow, uninteresting, cheesy and full of terrible acting. The story of this film is silly and terrible. It only has plot holes that do not help the film at all.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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Jared E

I almost didn't watch this one because of the rotten tomatoes reviews, which I generally trust. But I'm glad I ignored the low rating consensus because my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It was a psychological thriller focused around one families disturbing vacation at a lonely house in Wales. A+ Kevin Bacon is always great and so was this one!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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You Should Have Left: Official Clip - You're Not Going Anywhere

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You Should Have Left: Official Clip - The Woman in the Bathtub

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Synopsis

Strange events plague a couple and their young daughter when they rent a secluded countryside house that has a dark past.

Director: David Koepp
Producer: Jason Blum, Dean O'Toole
Screenwriter: David Koepp
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Images|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 19, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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