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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenNocturne isn’t just the best entry in the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series, it’s one of the best Blumhouse movies in years.
- 80EmpireEmpireIf it’s psychological horror you love, Nocturne will be music to your ears. If not super-scary, Quirke’s film is an accomplished, uncomfortable tour de force.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFirst-time feature writer/director Zu Quirke does a good job setting things up and sticking the landing, but her approach to the horror elements is generic at best.
- 55SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaBy the time Nocturne drew to its admittedly effective conclusion I was left with the same impression that’s plagued every other Welcome to the Blumhouse entry so far: this would’ve been better as an hour-long episode of a horror anthology TV series. Sometimes, less is more.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerIt’s not quite enough to prevent this B-grade rendition from feeling rather familiar and unsuspenseful, even if stars Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Madison Iseman (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) provide a decent level of tension throughout.
- 50IndieWireRyan LattanzioIndieWireRyan LattanzioThe script is half-baked and rushed, too much of a collage of other, better movies, and too coy to embrace its trashiness or ever go beyond PG-13 levels of horror.
- 50Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt’s more creepy than scary. But at least, you reckon, this not happening to you.
- 50Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSlant MagazineSteven ScaifeIf Quirke’s film means to mimic the tunnel vision of its protagonist, it does so perhaps too effectively, losing its thematic potency as it travels on a predictable trajectory, involving spooky drawings and sisterly spats, all the while leaving the existential miasma sitting out of frame.
- 40The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishContrivances are par for the course in this genre, but Nocturne lacks the stylistic flair to make them fun.