In cinemas, it might have been overshadowed by flashier rivals, but perhaps, on demand, this slow, but winningly bleak little tale will find the audience it deserves.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2019

[1922] is a credible addition to a filmography where practically every thought the writer commits to paper is, seemingly, deemed fit for the screen.

| Oct 20, 2017

The familiar case of a short story stretched too thin in a feature film.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 20, 2017

There's an unshakable menace that lingers, a tale of guilt and regret that burrows its way under the skin.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2017

Thomas Jane's dramatization of rage is haunting and shrewdly comical in its overt and ultimately moving über-manliness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2017

The film is not lurid in its scares, and instead depicts its protagonist's suffering mostly as a slow rot.

| Sep 26, 2017

Bled dry of suspense and true horror, 1922 is a dismal affair. Perhaps Hilditch was aiming for slow-burn horror, but all he mustered was a patience-trying bore.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 25, 2017

... it's a reminder that King's biggest strengths lie in his unparalleled ability to build tension, create atmosphere, and tell a direct and brutal story, not in his ability to launch profitable many-branched franchises.

| Sep 25, 2017

It doesn't take any shocking new twists, but musters just enough fresh polish to a classic scenario to make it worth one more ride.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 25, 2017

Too often actors playing rural roles mistake "slow" for "stupid," but Jane pinpoints Wilfred's mental acuity without rushing through reactions that feel anachronistic or phony.

| Sep 24, 2017

A largely satisfying adaptation of Stephen King's novella about unappeasable guilt triggered by the mortal sin of murder.

| Sep 24, 2017