By the time The Hallow builds to its breathtakingly personal climax, it's hard not to be impressed by what Hardy has accomplished.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2016

The Hallow promises to be an Irish mythological horror, replete with wee folk and banshees. Unhappily, it merely namechecks these entities and delivers nothing of the sort.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 23, 2016

This ecologically themed horror movie scores points for atmosphere and imagination, though it isn't particularly scary. The characters are little more than ciphers, so I wasn't inclined to root for them when they got into trouble.

| Nov 19, 2015

In a departure from the sexually active teens of most slasher movies, "The Hallow" plays on more grown-up fears: keeping your family safe and steering clear of a vengeful Mother Nature.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 19, 2015

While the core elements of the story never quite add up (writer/director Hardy struggles to reconcile the "bad fairy" fantasy with the Straw Dogs-y home invasion grit), there are a few arresting set pieces ...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2015

The "bad fairies" lurking within have the ability to stretch their roots and branches round car engines and baby's cots. The problem is that the plotting gets lost amid all the foliage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 13, 2015

Samey, but some arresting sequences scattered throughout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2015

This backwoods monster movie boasts compelling performances, eye-catching creatures and an effective blend of practical and digital effects.

| Nov 12, 2015

The Hallow is a horror movie in which evil black gunge plays a key role and rural Ireland is the backdrop. A bit like Dark Water meets Ballykissangel, but worse than both.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 12, 2015

No new ground is broken, but the point of folklore is to tell the old tales again.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2015

It's fanboy horror to satiate the hungriest genre fiends out there - slick, but simple-minded.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 12, 2015

Amid all the horror and the black ooze, there emerges a deeply touching story about the power of love.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2015

The production design evokes the baroque organic menace of Guillermo del Toro's enchanted otherworlds; the inventive sound design uses the high-pitched electronic whine of a charging camera flash to unsettling effect.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2015

Pretty quickly, you'll be suffering from fiend fatigue.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 10, 2015

High on atmosphere and chills, but only passable when it comes to anything beyond surface-deep emotional content. It's almost there, but just shy of greatness.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 6, 2015

John Nolan's old-school effects are wicked good, and Martijn van Broekhuizen's mossy photography is pleasingly sinister.

| Nov 5, 2015

Undoubtedly the most heart-pounding film you'll ever see with a "Fungal Research Advisor" listed in the credits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2015

The Hallow offers plenty of scares and is unnerving from wire to wire, wrapping up the second act with a bang and red-lining the tension until the end.

| Nov 3, 2015

The film never really digs into its suggested themes of gentrification, domestic turmoil, or backwoods folklore, but most of its effectiveness stems from a kitchen-sink approach to genre clichs.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 31, 2015

It takes time for "The Hallow" to get rolling, but once it reaches a bang-up final act, genre fans could walk out clamoring for a sequel.

| Jan 31, 2015