, starring Russell Crowe, premiered in theatres on June 21. The eerie film follows an actor whose declining mental health on a horror movie set leads his daughter Lee (played by Ryan Simpkins) to question whether his past addictions or something more sinister is at play. Directed by Joshua John Miller, the movie also features Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, and others in pivotal roles.
According to critics, the film is poorly made and disappointing. Let's check out review roundup for the movie below. .
: "On the flipside, the film is just 95 minutes long and moves at a painfully slow pace. The horror elements give a been-there-done-that feeling. The climax is arresting but again, it's something we have seen before.
" : "There’s a natural eeriness to the cold, dead, dark spaces of the sound stage, and one particular kill that’s unexpected and nasty. But collapses in on itself by the time it reaches its climactic demon expulsion, and it struggles to resolve the cruelty of Anthony’s past with the kindly guidance of the film-within-the-film’s Catholic advisor, Father Conor (David Hyde Pierce, so disarmingly gentle that it reminds us why he was simply too good for the reboot)." .
: " represents Crowe’s second recent foray into this particular sub-genre, following The Pope’s Exorcist. At least that 2023 film maintained a cohesive storyline and delivered a plausible conclusion, despite its predictability." : " is caught in the liminal space between homage and parody, rever.
