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The Messengers

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11% Tomatometer 81 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
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The Messengers is an atmospheric but derivative rip-off of countless other horror movies.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Feb 26, 2008
C-
The only message worth relaying about The Messengers is: Avoid. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Apr 7, 2007
2/5
It's pretty ordinary genre stuff. Go to Full Review Simon Crook Empire Magazine Apr 6, 2007
2/5
It's like a movie premonition - you've seen it all before. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 9, 2025
2/5
Tries to position itself is a thought-provoking haunted house movie, only to fall into all of the exact same tropes as its peers. Go to Full Review Steve Newton Georgia Straight Jul 6, 2010
1/5
Thai twin-brother directors Oxide and Danny Pang did primo horror work on 2002's Hong Kong cornea-transplant flick The Eye, but on their first American film their atmospheric efforts are usurped by a brain-dead script that seems written by a 12-year-old. Go to Full Review Steve Biodrowski ESplatter Jul 15, 2008
There are flashes of good imagery in The Messengers, but [they] work better in the trailer, unencumbered by the dreary plot. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @Superbad Oct 11, 2026 The Messengers is a *2* star Movie! See more Kevin R @Kevin199 Oct 4, 2026 Very atmospheric horror film with excellent acting from a hot Kristen Stewart, but the story leaves a lot to be desired. Too derivative and cliche. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more madeleine m @RT61589738 Jan 27, 2026 Good movie I don't understand why there's 11 percent rotten tomatoes lol 😆 See more Korra N @RT88131552 Apr 2, 2025 Far from great but also not outright bad, The Messengers is best as a background movie, having some decent acting & effects marred by subpar direction & a poor script. See more Jianre H @jbear Mar 19, 2025 makes 0 sense the guy gets killed by crow.... thats just dumb ... period See more Read all reviews
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Danny Pang

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Oxide Chun Pang

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Kristen Stewart

Jess

Dylan McDermott

Roy

Penelope Ann Miller

Denise

John Corbett

Johnny Burwell

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Synopsis When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
Director
Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang
Producer
Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, William Sherak, Jason Shuman
Screenwriter
Mark Wheaton
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Ghost House Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Mature Thematic Material|Disturbing Violence|Terror)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 2, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 9, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$35.4M
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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