Keating keeps his cards close, a common conceit of the films he's referencing: Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, The Innocents, Persona, just to name a few. Does he succeed? You'd better believe it.

| Apr 14, 2016

More likely to dull by repetitive creep than memorably rattle the senses.

| Apr 7, 2016

The director's Polanski preoccupation borders on imitation. Still, Keating's flattery is sincere, and so is his wish to stylishly freak you silly.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 1, 2016

Keating ... crafts his own stylish take on the psycho and haunting genres in between winks to the classics.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2016

Using the simplest of settings - and familiar genre devices - Mickey Keating's horror outing "Darling" manages to conjure an effectively unsettling miasma.

| Mar 31, 2016

Thanks to excellent work from Carter, creepy and big-eyed innocent as required and strong throughout the 75-minute film, Darling holds its own as a satisfyingly deliberate-moving thriller.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 31, 2016

Keating, and his leading lady Carter, are horror masters in the making.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 31, 2016

As rip-offs go, it's a well-done, memorable one.

| Mar 29, 2016

A shrieking, stylish throwback to classic creeping psychological horror.

| Mar 29, 2016

Darling's derivative feeling isn't helped by Keating's decision to shoot the film in black-and-white and include anachronistic period details.

| Mar 29, 2016

The film's aesthetic is striking, but feels almost intangibly derivative, most obviously suggesting an austere cover of Repulsion.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 29, 2016