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Haunting of Molly Hartley. The

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Haunting of Molly Hartley. The reviews
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3.8 User Score:

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Based on 10 critic reviews
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Based on 16 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Horror

Written by: John Travis
Rebecca Sonnenshine

Directed by: Mickey Liddell

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 31, 2008
DVD: February 24, 2009

Running Time: minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for strong thematic material, violence and terror, brief strong language and some teen drinking

Starring Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, Shannon Marie Woodward, Shanna Collins, and AnnaLynne McCord

Molly Hartley is the new girl in town. While Joseph shows her the ropes, Molly becomes haunted by nightmares of her mentally ill mother. Her worst fears are confirmed when her high school counselor tells her there could be a genetic connection between her mother's psychosis and her own terrifying symptoms. (Freestyle Releasing)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

50

Variety Rob Nelson

This softcore thriller runs strictly by the numbers.

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50

Boston Globe Chelsea Bain

Molly Hartley is dull at worst and surprisingly spooky at best.

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50

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Tame and inoffensive, The Haunting of Molly Hartley is no more than a big-screen lasso for the "Gossip Girl" and "Supernatural" demographic.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz

The story's a snooze, so the filmmakers punch it up with smash cuts and thunderclaps that turn the most laughably banal items -- birds, mail, an alarm clock -- into cheap jack-in-the-box shocks.

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40

Los Angeles Times Sam Adams

A dead-on-arrival thriller that resolutely fails to come to life.

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38

TV Guide Jason Buchanan

Horror of the glossiest, safest kind. It's a boring bubblegum shocker that loses its flavor faster than Fruit Stripes.

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33

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

It's a horror film better suited for skittish cats than humans.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Playing somewhat like a juvenile version of "Rosemary's Baby," this inept, incoherent attempt to cash in on young girls who can't buy a ticket to the R-rated "Saw V" (or are too lazy to sneak in) will be out of theaters long before the Halloween pumpkins start to rot.

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11

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

The real shocker is how hellishly yawn-inducing this utterly pointless and forgettable Haunting turns out to be. It's enough to make you scream.

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10

LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson

From Freestyle Releasing, the self-service distributor that brought you "D-War" and "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," comes a movie even worse than those two combined.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 3.8 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Elena B. gave it a10:
I think this movie was awesome. Interesting story, and great turnout. Sequel?

Rochellle M gave it a1:
WTF. This sucks period.

David E. gave it a1:
This movie was confusing and had a weak storyline. The message portrayed that evil prevails is not only depressing, but boring, leaving you with a sense of confusion. But at least the acting was okay. Overall, a horrible film that I would not recommend to a coma patient.

Jared gave it a4:
this movie has potential, but the ending is so abrupt and boring that it distracts from the actual content. the beginning of the movie is also weird and not explained. i understood why, but what was the point? those people are never seen again.

Kevin B. gave it a0:
Complete Garbage!! A mix of supernatural horror pastiche, bible-thumper=bad, but for good reason, and death (by deadline) to escape eternal death. Predictable in almost every detail, unimaginative in several others and just godawful. How more deserving horror movies get little to no release while rehashed crap that will only make you wish you were watching another movie gets mass distribution is beyond me. Avoid this movie. Go watch the Omen or Rosemary's Baby again or watch something totally unrelated. Hell, go watch Ginger Snaps instead of this tripe.

Joshua gave it a3:
Full of intensity and building questions, all leading to an answerless ending. As far as the ending goes, I'm left thinking, "Ok, what else?" One of the poorest ending movies I've seen in a long time.

Shaun H. gave it a9:
I didn't think this movie was even close to being as bad as most of the reviews i have read. it isn't exactly on my top favorites but i would watch the second part of this movie if one were to be released.

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