We Are Still Here delivers on the scares while showing a story of loss. It's effective and works on many levels, not the least of which being how it homages scary movies of the 1970s.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 19, 2020

There is a skill working through the frames of director Ted Geoghegan's debut opus, providing us with enough allure and tension to more than make up for the maddening uncertainty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 17, 2018

Geoghegan shows a healthy love of gore as he smears the quiet landscape with red.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 23, 2016

A wonderfully weird, gory and full of heart and poignancy, We Are Still Here is an assured and well-crafted debut from Geoghegan that's clearly a heartfelt love letter embracing what genre fans enjoy most about horror movies.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 6, 2016

Those who can spot a Fulci reference will likely embrace this creepy, bloody haunted house movie more than mainstream viewers. But if you like your horror, it's a treat.

| Dec 31, 2015

A love letter to Fulci and the Italian masters, this retro horror tale recalls his House by the Cemetery by way of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 31, 2015

Full of smart and not always subtle references to horror film classics, especially those of European origin, and to New England literature, We Are Still Here is a treat for educated fans.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2015

Offers a few good scares and some moments of high tension... Leads to a raucous and bloody finale.

| Original Score: B | Oct 22, 2015

Geoghegan manages to craft a film that works both as a modern horror film and as a love letter to the kinds of films he grew up with.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 7, 2015

Mounted with a meticulous, mood-drenched sensibility. An old-school throwback with a classy, savage edge.

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

Really stands on its own as a memorable and utterly creepy genre offering that deserves to be seen by horror fans that appreciate something out of the ordinary.

| Oct 1, 2015

It mixes stylish, subtle filmmaking with sudden gore effects to deliver a twisted take on the stale and anemic haunted house formula.

| Sep 11, 2015

Geoghegan's debut is a stylish, assured and highly entertaining horror throwback.

| Sep 1, 2015

Ted Geoghegan's We Are Still Here (2015) is a fittingly gruesome tribute to the halcyon days of 1980s splatter movies and the cosmic horror mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2015

It's a captivating and remarkably assured achievement for first-time director Ted Geoghegan.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2015

You'll notice all sorts of horror movie DNA floating through We Are Still Here, but it's also sort of novel and even a little bit unique in its own right.

| Aug 21, 2015

Showcasing juicy performances by its actors who tear into their stock roles with admirable conviction, the film looks terrific.

| Aug 21, 2015

Demonstrates how homage can provide the undercurrent for a films visual and narrative language, yet go beyond simplistic checkboxing of references...Plays like a cold winter storm with occasional gusts punctuating the biting, incessant frigidity.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 22, 2015

We Are Still Here is equally a great scary story and a great movie in general, showing how one has to go back to the drawing board to find out what really scares people.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 14, 2015

It's old-school horror done on a meager budget with an intention to scare you in real ways.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2015