Devout horror fans might be underwhelmed with this You're Next follow-up, but The Guest delivers both laughs and thrills in an action-oriented experience, while showcasing the immense talents of the creepy Dan Stevens.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 20, 2023

Stevens elevates The Guest into an experience every bit as tricky and intelligent as You’re Next.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 18, 2022

A lean and mean thriller, director Adam Wingard's The Guest is a hugely entertaining affair. Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett keep this retro-style pic simple in order to craft some tense moments and punchy action sequences.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2021

The excess, even ridiculousness, could be a deal breaker for many, but the performances sell it all with conviction and infectious energy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 31, 2021

Dan Stevens delivers a killer performance and is not to be missed in this unique and exciting film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 9, 2021

The Guest is streaming on Netflix, and if you ever wanted to watch something that honestly engages with American militarism with wit but without pity, that's the one.

| Sep 10, 2021

A balletic and bullet-riddled denouement proves this is a game changer for Stevens...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2021

There are some cool set pieces and enough action to keep things rocketing along, but it is the character and his complex relationship with the world that makes the movie compelling.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2021

A dark, entertaining thriller that's familiar but still inventive in all the right places. If nothing else, it shows Dan Stevens should be a huge action star.

| Original Score: A | Jul 7, 2020

A fun, stylish, highly enjoyable throwback.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2019

Stevens is excellent both as the cordial house guest and the brooding time- bomb ever present beneath his earnest veneer.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 3, 2019

There's nothing quite like it, and as a great man once said, hold on to your butts: This prolific writer-director dream team has got plenty more in store for us in the coming years. I'm sweating in anticipation.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 22, 2019

Perhaps it's a little early to say, but I'm already calling The Guest as the best horror movie of 2014.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 25, 2018

I will be keeping an eye out for more films directed by Adam Wingard. From what I have seen of his work Wingard perfectly blends horror, suspense, despicable villains (that you can't help but like), amazing music, and strong female characters.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 2, 2018

The Guest is an absolute blast for fans of old school genre pictures.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 1, 2018

With a sexy soundtrack and callbacks to 1980s films like The Stepfather and, strangely, The Terminator, this overlooked gem is worth checking out.

| Oct 24, 2018

The Guest is easily one of the most intensely entertaining experiences I have had at a theater this year. Do yourselves a favor and seek David out now...before HE finds you.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 23, 2018

The Guest is a throwback to 1970s and 1980s slashers and thrillers but instead of copying their plots it has some fun.

| Aug 21, 2018

... it's all about Dan Stevens. He is simply terrific as David.

| Oct 17, 2017

Shades of Shadow of a Doubt, not to mention a certain recent action-thriller franchise, abound in Adam Wingard's latest...

| Oct 12, 2017