This thrifty psychological thriller comes so close to realizing its mindfuck potential that if you squint just right while streaming it, it looks a bit like a cult classic.

| May 3, 2021

Burns' script is just as concerned with the weirdness of Sarah's waking life as it is the literal monsters that populate her dreams, and the filmmaker's ability to balance and juxtapose those two portions of the film only strengthen each section.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 25, 2021

By the end, you're just like "Well okay, that was that."

| Mar 22, 2021

They accomplish so much here -- with what I have to imagine was a pretty low budget -- just with editing, lighting, and the score.

| Mar 22, 2021

Horror films rooted in nightmares are nothing new, but Burns capitalizes on his background as a visual effects artist to serve up something that stands out from the pack.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 18, 2021

he film reaches out, even at its most implausible, and claws at you...

| Mar 15, 2021

Despite a disappointing ending, the creatively creepy film succeeds in delivering scares and intrigue.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 13, 2021

There are only a couple of jump scares in Anthony Scott Burns's Come True - mild ones at that - but the movie's elusive sense of menace lingers for days, weeks, possibly forever.

| Mar 12, 2021

With sterling command of its malevolently dreamy tone, it casts a disquieting spell...

| Mar 12, 2021

Come True is strong on incipience, a steady-state sense of dread. The unfocused images carry a primitive charge, which is exactly the point.

| Mar 12, 2021

For as frustrating as it sometimes is, "Come True" is hard to resist, not unlike a dream itself.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 11, 2021

Come True's vapid center is completely undone by a last-minute plot twist pulled right out of Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Real.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 11, 2021

Stone is completely game for the wild ride, putting forth a sturdy yet manic presence with startling authority, even when the brooding aura that surrounds her begs for adequate substance.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 11, 2021

The characters are just the beginning of what's creepy about "Come True." Atmosphere is its primary virtue...

| Mar 11, 2021

Drawn along on dark somnambulic rhythms, it incorporates elements of fantasy, horror and 80s synthwave aesthetics without giving itself over completely to any of them.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 11, 2021

In any genre, a distinct filmmaking voice and clever avoidance of cliches earns a closer look; perhaps even more so in the realm of sci-fi/horror.

| Mar 10, 2021

"Come True" should be an exhilarating discovery for anyone it doesn't put to sleep.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 9, 2021

Come True does a great job masquerading as something intelligent and it almost succeeds.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 18, 2021

Come True is a smart sci-fi horror film that starts off with a familiar premise - a troubled teenager volunteers for a seemingly innocent sleep study - but keeps finding unique ways to explore the foreboding labyrinth that is the subconscious.

| Oct 21, 2020

Come True wants to be the kind of sci-fi movie that warrants multiple viewings, and gain a cult following. It deserves them.

| Sep 3, 2020