A slow and wrenching film which nonetheless lives up to the promise of its title.

| Sep 18, 2023

An unconventional tale of belief and the supernatural, which includes compelling performances, but it doesn't quite stick the landing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2023

For much of its runtime, A Dark Song plays coy about the intentions of its characters. Do Sophia and Joseph really believe theyre summoning supernatural beings? Or is the whole ritual just an excuse for some wild kink?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 20, 2022

A Dark Song is catchy, but no aria.

| Oct 5, 2021

It's definitely original and it's definitely different it's just the pacing was a little bit off for me.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 26, 2021

A super effective and intimate addition to the horror genre. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 10, 2020

An absolutely petrifying, bone-chilling, hauntingly sinister horror movie with some of the most dreadful atmospheres I have ever experienced, A Dark Song is also one of the best movies I have seen in many years.

| Oct 10, 2019

The dark beauty of a few moments eclipses the increasingly ludicrous whole.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 5, 2019

An astonishing and brave feature debut that marks director-writer Liam Gavin as one to watch. Highly recommended.

| Feb 28, 2019

A Dark Song is a gorgeous film that is guaranteed to be polarizing to audiences.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 2, 2018

Best viewed alone in the dark, A Dark Song is a strong and compelling feature debut.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2018

An extraordinarily personal film, A Dark Song feels like a folk tale whispered to you at night while you sleep by person or persons unknown, recalled in vague half-remembered images and flashes of almost incomprehensible truths.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 25, 2018

Rather than relying on spontaneous shocks, the horror of A Dark Song instead lingers with you.

| Mar 27, 2018

A Dark Song is a ridiculously strong and beautifully acted piece of work, but one that deserves a much more satisfying conclusion.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2017

A Dark Song is a thoughtful, grounded take on the search for meaning that mixes horror conventions with things still darker, yet which strains towards a transcendental moment which a lesser filmmaker would have been afraid to contemplate.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2017

Imperfectly realized, but still worthy of its ambition.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 26, 2017

An instant classic, the sort of film that will make you check under your bed at night and then amplify into terror the midnight creaks and 3am breezes that unsettle every house at times, most especially yours.

| May 25, 2017

For a first feature, Gavin certainly provides plenty of anxiety-inducing moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 22, 2017

I found A Dark Song absorbing and fascinating, a subtle horror tale that haunted me for weeks.

| May 12, 2017

Once A Dark Song starts delving into issues like love, loss, faith, and the natural human reaction to sudden tragedy, that's when it blossoms from a novel concept to a truly powerful piece of genre filmmaking.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 4, 2017