metacritic.com: Haunted Castle

Critic Reviews

63	Chicago Tribune Haunted Castle isn't perfect filmmaking, but it does point IMAX films in the direction they should be going - toward innovative, visually imaginative and engaging storytelling.
60	TV Guide It's all about the effects, anyway, and they don't disappoint.
60	The New York Times If the story is entirely silly and the music incongruous, Haunted House delivers the necessary 3-D thrills and eye-catching surreal effects.
60	Chicago Reader The figurative and virtual roller-coaster ride climaxes in a gorgeously disturbing sequence involving antique mirrors that reveal scenes of hideous torture; they don't seem to leave anything to the imagination, but they do.
50	San Francisco Chronicle Roger Yim Too bad the 40-minute movie takes a nosedive halfway through, becoming a meandering roller-coaster ride through catacombs and fiery caverns.
50	New York Post Looks great. But like all films so far made for the giant-screen format it feels more like a technical exercise than a real movie.
40	Variety The only noteworthy aspect of new pic is that it's the first release in the traditionally family-friendly giant screen format to be tagged with a PG rating.
30	LA Weekly Paul Cullum A fairly tepid, CGI-animated roller-coaster ride through a medieval Graceland
20	Village Voice Caleb Crain Gruesome death is more unnerving in three dimensions than two, and the scene may well be too frightening for a young child. That's too bad, because the rest of the movie is probably too benign for anyone else.