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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSmart and scary horror films about faith, and loneliness are rare, and for the most part, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" is pretty exciting.
- 33The PlaylistChristopher SchobertThe PlaylistChristopher SchobertWhat is perhaps most surprising is that the film’s first hour, the non-horror section, is far more compelling than the second, an extended, nonsensical haunted hotel sequence that never scares, intrigues, or surprises.
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyFor a supernatural thriller that spends so much time on material that is neither supernatural nor thrilling, there’s not nearly enough effort put into credible, complex character writing, leaving the cast only so much ability to fill in the gaps.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt ultimately devolves into yet another rote horror film that in this case lives up to its name by also being seriously underlit.
- 30Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonMuddled by a setup with a religious bent that's never fully explored and an instance of euthanasia that's only tenuously related to the central plot.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe scare tactics are rather ho-hum—suffocation nightmares, disappearing necklaces, loud noises—and the ending is incongruously sentimental. You'll be more frightened walking through a graveyard at dusk.
- 12Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntA moralistic ending is telegraphed from the beginning and routinely fulfilled by the end, rendering the rest of this trite, visually unappealing mess virtually worthless.
- 0New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanRare is the film so ineptly made that it barely deserves the dignity of a review. Which, on the one hand, makes this slapdash horror romance somewhat unusual. On the other, however, you’re wasting valuable time just reading about it.
- 0The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis fiasco from the writer and director Mark Edwin Robinson will persuade you that the title refers not to a place without light (though there’s precious little) but to a story without reason.