Oddity is a ghost story, a whodunnit, a jump-scare freakout, a twisty slow-burn psychothriller and a revenge saga all wrapped into one taut little horror film.

| Apr 7, 2025

From its intricately plotted screenplay to Carolyn Bracken's impeccable lead performance (not to mention some of the most patient, yet effective, scares we've seen in quite some time), Oddity is a real winner.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 5, 2025

Damian McCarthy's follow-up to his already solid debut film Caveat is confident, assured and (most importantly) scary.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2025

[A] gothic horror where danger comes from unexpected places, although it is perhaps too restrained for its own good. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 18, 2025

With an almost unbearable sense of dread, Oddity is a triumphant comeback for Mc Carthy, who has cemented his status as a filmmaker destined to make great and ghoulish things.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2025

It eschews jump scares in favor of a more subtle — and harder to pull off — gradual escalation of unease and accretion of unnerving details

| Jan 20, 2025

Oddity is one of those rare horror pieces that not only seeks to scare, but strives to offer something different. Imperfect, yes, but authentic. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 16, 2025

Oddity has been suffused with a handful of genuinely creepy (and shocking) images and moments that prove effective at sustaining one’s interest throughout...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 15, 2025

...McCarthy almost never loses his course and demonstrates in several scenes a precise timing that is rare in someone who is only on his second feature. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 15, 2025

This carefully controlled and pointedly shot film takes a hoary old set of staples and cobbles together something admirably original.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2024

When the film is good it can be exceptional, showing off strong technique and inventive ideas. For the most part, however, it is hobbled by more than its fair share of creative problems – not to mention a key ethical one.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 23, 2024

Oddity infuses originality into the classic gothic horror structure, but it shines the brightest in its masterfully crafted home invasion scenes, which contain some of the most suspenseful movie moments of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2024

Oddity turns out to be a pleasing, lean, mean supernatural horror which makes all of its artefacts and ideas count, and you find yourself rooting for all of its moments of bloody comeuppance.

| Dec 15, 2024

Oddity is an intriguing horror film that plays with the viewer's expectations, alternating between supernatural and realistic problems. Although it doesn't offer much tension at first, its ending is horrifying enough. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2024

Oddity manages to immerse us in a creepy atmosphere. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2024

It’s a trim, tart, stylish, haunted house murder mystery with a terrific setting and a palpable sense of atmosphere and dread.

| Oct 29, 2024

For fans of quiet, subtle horror, this film covers all the bases, often emphasizing fear of the unknown through lingering shots of deep, unsettling shadows and almost imperceptible terrors.

| Oct 28, 2024

The sense of unease Mc Carthy creates has no equal. It's his effective filmmaking - unnerving framing, sense of claustrophobia and timing that really pays off. His playing with the expectations of the audiences provide many spine tingling moments.

| Oct 10, 2024

'Oddity' is an old-school supplement to this year's great harvest of terror... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 4, 2024

Expertly tight filmmaking that leaves you holding your breath without realizing it, backed by a winding yet gripping story that you can’t afford to miss the end to.

| Sep 27, 2024