We Summon the Darkness
Saban Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 10, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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7
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
79
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpApr 9, 2020
Daddario’s work is a ferocious joy to watch, particularly in light of how well We Summon the Darkness holds back on secrets. Read full review
75
SlashfilmMatt DonatoApr 8, 2020
Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hasson are the Hammett and Hetfield of Marc Meyers’ eyeliner ensemble, with looks that kill and attitudes doubly deadly. For that, this critic can downgrade other complaints. It’s full of amplified unhallowed fun and fiendish shocks in the name of rock n’ roll…or maybe that’s just what “The Man” wants you to think. Read full review
70
Screen RantHannah HoolihanApr 9, 2020
We Summon The Darkness is a wickedly fun and delightfully devilish thrill ride led by electric performances from Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hasson. Read full review
67
The PlaylistCharles BarfieldApr 13, 2020
The charisma from the leads and the ridiculousness of the story do mask a lot of the shortcomings. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakApr 8, 2020
We Summon the Darkness reveals itself to be a fun ride when all is said and done because nobody on-screen knows what he/she is doing. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeFeb 6, 2020
The film is propelled by a confident lead performance from Alexandra Daddario. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 10, 2020
The film maintains a light tone and, although that creates a breezy, unforced approach, it also undercuts tension. (If they were trying to replicate the delicate balance achieved by Wes Craven in Scream, they haven’t completely succeeded.) Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanApr 9, 2020
We Summon the Darkness is a psycho thriller that pulls the bloody rug out from under you, and does it in a shivery sly way. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyApr 6, 2020
An appealing cast and slick period production values make this an entertaining enough retro bloodbath. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 10, 2020
The proceedings are not entirely unamusing in their lurid way, but they’re also not nearly as clever as the filmmakers believed or hoped they would be. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 9, 2020
Director Marc Meyers’s sometimes funny, but more often creaky, spin on devil worship, murder and good ol’ fashioned religion has only one or two nifty ideas – all of which are sacrificed early on, leaving about an hour of footage in desperate need of divine intervention. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 9, 2020
We Summon the Darkness is fine throughout; but it peaks in its first third, when nothing much is happening beyond some very good actors recreating the small-town rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of the recent past. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 26, 2020
It’s not awful, not “so bad it’s good,” either. Take away the “twist,” which you’ve guessed and which anybody seeing the trailer or even the poster could figure out, and We Summon the Darkness only summons tedium. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeApr 6, 2020
The film’s cat-and-mouse antics play out with no sense of escalation or invention. Read full review
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