Wes Craven Presents: They

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Wes Craven Presents: They

PG-13

2002

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Julia (Laura Regan), a smart, athletic psychology student is finally starting to get her life together. As a kid she was traumatized by night terrors, but now she is cruising towards a successful career as a psychologist and has a rock solid EMT boyfriend to boot (Marc Blucas). After a friend commits suicide - saying the night terrors have returned - Julia and some of her other friends start to experience the same terrors...

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Critics Consensus

They fails to sustain the level of creepiness necessary to rise above other movies in the horror genre.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Dec 8, 2002

2/5

Characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better.

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Randy Cordova

Arizona Republic

Dec 6, 2002

3/5

It's certainly entertaining enough and made with great style, but the whole thing feels slightly undercooked.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Dec 5, 2002

D-

The attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Mar 17, 2021

3/4

...the movie's mild success is due predominantly to Harmon's stylish visuals and Regan's engaging turn as the sympathetic central character...

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

Feb 8, 2014

1/5

How someone who could helm a film as relentlessly creepy and suspenseful as The Hitcher could deliver a dud like They is beyond me.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Apr 29, 2009

The last ten minutes of the film really stuck with me.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 4, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Jianre H

@jbear Aug 22, 2026

awful decisions , irrational actions, idiotic reactions

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Oct 19, 2025

It was a good movie with an incomplete ending. I don't know if there's a sequel. IF not, there should be.

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Chris B

@RT20089833 Mar 6, 2025

Boring and rubbish. This movie was not scary at all.

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Dallas H

@RT53171010 Jan 10, 2024

Nope. This movie doesn't have any direct connection to Wes Craven. He doesn't have credit as a writer, director, producer, or even "based upon a story by" attribute. But the marketing team slapped his name all over it. There is nothing new brought to the table with this film. It feels like a re-tread of tropes and plot points we have seen before. It was a hair above terrible and a whisper below mediocrity.

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batman A

@RT42876784 Aug 21, 2023

é simplesmente assustador

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Synopsis

Julia (Laura Regan), a smart, athletic psychology student is finally starting to get her life together. As a kid she was traumatized by night terrors, but now she is cruising towards a successful career as a psychologist and has a rock solid EMT boyfriend to boot (Marc Blucas). After a friend commits suicide - saying the night terrors have returned - Julia and some of her other friends start to experience the same terrors...

Director: Robert Harmon
Producer: Tom Engelman
Screenwriter: Brendan Hood
Production Co: Focus Features, Dimension Films, Radar Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Terror|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 27, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.7M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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