The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:1
Rotten:34
Average Rating:2.8/10
Consensus: The Haunting of Molly Hartley is a rather lifeless horror endeavor, with a pedestrian plot and few scares.
Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $13,350,177
Synopsis: After surviving a near-fatal stab wound inflicted by her religious-zealot mother, Molly (Haley Bennett, MUSIC & LYRICS) and her father attempt to make a fresh start in a new town. Unfortunately, on... [More]
Starring: Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Annalynne McCord, Shannon Woodward
Director: Mickey Liddell
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Reviews for The Haunting of Molly Hartley
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 2/4 |
...an entirely forgettable (and utterly lightweight) horror endeavor. Full Review |
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A watered-down version of prior, better films, 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley' is as dumb as a box of Halloween candy. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Why do filmmakers bother? Are they crazy? Are we crazy? And if not, why do we keep paying $8 to see the same movie again? Full Review |
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0/4 |
I can't believe that Freestyle actually got this movie to be released in the theaters. It's dull, boring, and at best, laughably bad. Full Review |
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1/5 |
...almost as inept as the movie's advertising campaign, which gives away the 'surprise' ending on the posters. Full Review |
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.5/5 |
What transpires is everybody's guess, and all of it leads to what may take the blue ribbon for the least exciting climax ever to festoon a horror picture. Full Review |
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4/10 |
Story about the devil's daughter that is poorly written but well acted Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
The acting in Haunting is cardboard as can be, and although Bennett tries hard to engage us, she’s seemingly interchangeable with any number of teen actresses currently roaming the airwaves at the CW. Full Review |
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2/4 |
The Haunting of Molly Hartley, sort of an updated Rosemary's Baby for teens, sucks most of the suspense out of its own suspense-thriller before the story even gets going. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
A more accurate title would have been The Annoying Flashbacks of Molly Hartley, or Molly Hartley's Possibly Genetic Mental Disorder or even Molly Hartley's Series of Super-Sucky Unfortunate Events. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
If you get past the retro Nancy Drew title, this is a worthwhile effort. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The Haunting of Molly Hartley isn't the least bit haunting. It's just cheap. Full Review |
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2/5 |
God and Satan duke it out for the soul of a young girl in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, an unexpectedly cynical addition to the teen-scream genre. Full Review |
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D+ |
It's a horror film better suited for skittish cats than humans. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
It would take hallucinations of a powerful kind indeed to find anything worthwhile in The Haunting of Molly Hartley, a dead-on-arrival thriller that resolutely fails to come to life. Full Review |
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2/4 |
It's no Rosemary's Baby, but for teens looking for a quick fix on All Hallow's Day, it will do. Full Review |
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1/4 |
As it races from one unlikely trauma to the next for poor Molly, the movie forgets one key thing: The devil is in the details. Full Review |
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'The Haunting of Molly Hartley' left me as disappointed as a youngster who receives a box of raisins at every house on his/her trick-or-treat route. Full Review |
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D+ |
I've read fortune cookies that were scarier, not to mention smarter and more interesting. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
This is a prime example of horror conceived by people who don't know the genre, for people who don't like horror films. Practically nothing here is interesting, involving, or new, and, worst of all, it isn't even entertaining as pure kitsch. Full Review |
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