The director is out for blood, and while this is a slow-burn affair that craftily bides its time until just the proper moment to unleash a flurry of dexterously ominous thrills, the craven wickedness of it all is portentously intoxicating.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 30, 2018

It's the rare horror film that's actually more effective in psychological terms than in suspense ones.

| Mar 24, 2018

As a psychodrama about a troubled mother and daughter, this movie is gripping from start to finish.

| Mar 22, 2018

Pyewacket is a slow burn chiller that is all the more impressive for its subtlety.

| Mar 21, 2018

A horror-lite film that barely increases the heart rate.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 7, 2017

MacDonald is trying to be a filmmaker of ideas here, but the metaphor doesn't develop or deepen as the film goes on.

| Sep 28, 2017

The heavy-handed score, narrow performances and weak dialogue all fail to justify a provocative ending that overturns the exorcising conventions of the genre.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 15, 2017

The more I've thought about the film since seeing it, the more I've come to appreciate the restraint, which is a rare quality in horror films.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 12, 2017