Overall, The Apparition is merely okay. It delivers a few shivers, but it's mostly a case of style over substance and scares.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 31, 2019

Devoid of scares and energy, the picture is all bumps in the night and has nothing to set it apart from its other forgettable post-Japanese horror contemporaries.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 27, 2014

In so many ways a missed opportunity, The Apparition looked like it could conjure a few scares in telling the story of a couple haunted by an entity they helped release, but this Ashley Greene vehicle fades into the void with a yawn.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 27, 2014

None of this matters at all because the main characters are completely unlikable, and the momentum is consistently ruined by poor decision-making.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jul 27, 2014

It's frightening to think that a major studio like Warner Brothers would not only release a film this bad into theaters nationwide, but that it would even green light it in the first place.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jul 27, 2014

Dull, dreary, pointless and bad, sporting shock scenes that don't shock, a grisly premise that doesn't make sense, and a meager cast of mostly uninterested-looking Hollywood lookers.

| Jul 27, 2014

From start to finish, the movie basks in horrible horror clichs that will leave viewers straining to find something original in the proceedings.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jun 30, 2013

a softball horror film, made for 13-year-old girls at a slumber party wanting to be sort of scared

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 10, 2013

This new supernatural thriller by first-time director Todd Lincoln has stinker written all over it. In indelible ink.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 15, 2013

The apparition, because it's lame, spends a lot of its time tying clothes into knots, moving dressers, and opening doors.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 28, 2013

When I finally get around to writing a textbook, this is going to be one of my primary examples of how not to make a horror movie.

| Original Score: 1.5/10 | Nov 30, 2012

I like a good ghost story, but 'The Apparition' is nothing like a good ghost story. It's more like a Syfy Channel show where they try to scare people in a darkened room.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 17, 2012

A thinly sketched paranormal thriller stripped almost bare of anything that might provide some color, complication or personality.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 1, 2012

The Apparition is a rare example of filmmaking failure that is so complete, it will exacerbate its audience in nearly every way possible.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Oct 2, 2012

Every fo paux The Apparition commits stems from a general atmosphere lacking any vibrant heartbeat, creating characters and conflicts which are tragically birthed on life support.

| Original Score: 2.5/10 | Sep 13, 2012

Todd Lincoln, in his directorial debut, shows the restraint of a young Val Lewton. Things go bad oh-so-slowly ...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2012

This horror movie from Warner Bros. is nothing special, but it's nice to see a modest genre entertainment buoyed by a major studio's resources.

| Aug 31, 2012

When you look into this abyss, it yawns back at you.

| Original Score: 0/5 | Aug 31, 2012

Plants wither and furniture is rearranged, as if the demon were an inconsiderate housesitter.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 31, 2012

The whole ordeal only lasts 82 minutes, but that's still too long for a film with no ambition aside from lightening your wallet.

Full Review | Original Score: .5/5 | Aug 29, 2012