Dark Touch
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  • Summary: In a remote town in Ireland, eleven-year-old Neve (Missy Keating) finds herself the sole survivor of a bloody massacre that killed her parents and younger brother. Suspecting a gang of homicidal vandals, the police ignore Neve’s explanation that the house is the culprit. To help ease her trarauma, dutiful neighbors Nat and Lucas take her in with the supervision of a social worker. Neve has trouble finding peace with the wholesome and nurturing couple, and horrific danger continues to manifest.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Alan Scherstuhl
    Sep 21, 2013
    80
    Dark Touch, like much of the best horror, works the fears that connect to real life.
  2. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Gabe Toro
    Sep 21, 2013
    75
    It's unfortunate that commercial considerations seem to play into the third act, adding a more concrete representation of a very abstract idea.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Sep 26, 2013
    70
    That space between reality and mirage is where Ms. de Van’s strength, and this movie’s true horror, lies.
  4. The Dissolve
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Oct 1, 2013
    60
    Dark Touch is meant to touch a nerve, not merely spook. It’s about deeper fears, and realer monsters.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    Sep 21, 2013
    50
    The film is beholden to a strange internal logic that gives primacy not to its protagonist's suffering, but to its maker's thirst for fun.

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