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  • 2020
  • R
  • Paramount Players
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Paramount Players
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis (Omari Hardwick) to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone and trapped in Ms. Eloise’s (Loretta Devine) attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from...

Directed By: Mark Tonderai

Written By: Kurt Wimmer

  • 2020
  • R
  • Paramount Players
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2020
  • R
  • Paramount Players
  • 1 h 31 m
Spell
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis (Omari Hardwick) to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone and trapped in Ms. Eloise’s (Loretta Devine) attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from...

Directed By: Mark Tonderai

Written By: Kurt Wimmer

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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60
Oct 29, 2020
This is a decently stylish thriller with occult elements that should satisfy viewers’ genre requirements, though few will demand a second watch (or sequel).
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 29, 2020
Heavy on oppressively humid atmosphere and light on originality, the film is a mostly forgettable genre exercise whose viewers won't miss much by watching at home.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 29, 2020
There’s a cinematic slickness to the film (it was intended to be released theatrically until the pandemic) that separates it from its more noticeably shoddier fright night competitors but it’s mostly a familiar, if not entirely fruitless, trudge down a well-trodden path, one that takes us into, at times, questionable territory.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 29, 2020
Laden with references to race, class and the legacy of slavery, Spell, directed by Mark Tonderai from a script by Kurt Wimmer (a pen on the “Point Break” and “Total Recall” remakes), is stronger on maintaining suspense and a macabre atmosphere than it is at following through on its ideas, which give it a thin veneer of topicality.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 29, 2020
If scares are the movie’s raison d’etre, though, it’s hard to imagine Spell will frighten anyone but those vulnerable to a few bits of graphic gore.
By Michael Ordona FULL REVIEW
38
Oct 30, 2020
The angst it spreads throughout feels all too mild and forgettable to cast an unnerving curse. You know, the kind you’d crave from a horror film with lasting scares.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
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Production Company LINK Entertainment, MC8 Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Radar Pictures
Release Date Oct 30, 2020
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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Tagline Evil has its roots.
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