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The Clovehitch Killer patiently dials up the tension with a story that makes up for a lack of surprises with strong performances and a chilling wit.
All Critics (28) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (7)
Skiles's film doesn't care so much if you think you know how it ends, even if you're right. It's all about twisting the knife in the process of confirming those fears. Nov 16, 2018 | Full Review…
Skiles's film doesn't care so much if you think you know how it ends, even if you're right. It's all about twisting the knife in the process of confirming those fears.
Emily Yoshida
As good as Plummer and McDermott are here, [writer Christopher D. Ford] ultimately writes himself into a corner that requires actions in the final act that don't ring true. Nov 16, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
As good as Plummer and McDermott are here, [writer Christopher D. Ford] ultimately writes himself into a corner that requires actions in the final act that don't ring true.
Brian Tallerico
Unlike so many recent horror movies, The Clovehitch Killer is patient with its thrills, almost excruciatingly so. Nov 15, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Unlike so many recent horror movies, The Clovehitch Killer is patient with its thrills, almost excruciatingly so.
Dana Schwartz
McDermott is admirably unsettling, and Luke McCoubrey's artfully sterile cinematography adds an air of suffocating wholesomeness that can make you squirm. Nov 15, 2018 | Full Review…
McDermott is admirably unsettling, and Luke McCoubrey's artfully sterile cinematography adds an air of suffocating wholesomeness that can make you squirm.
Jeannette Catsoulis
First-time feature director Duncan Skiles brings some spooky atmosphere to a smart script by Christopher Ford. Nov 14, 2018 | Full Review…
First-time feature director Duncan Skiles brings some spooky atmosphere to a smart script by Christopher Ford.
Noel Murray
Offers an intriguing perspective on the darker side of American values, but lacks the conviction to entirely expose the cultural contradictions that often enable compulsive murderers. Sep 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Offers an intriguing perspective on the darker side of American values, but lacks the conviction to entirely expose the cultural contradictions that often enable compulsive murderers.
Justin Lowe
The ending is too abrupt, but the rest is methodically paced. Mar 20, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The ending is too abrupt, but the rest is methodically paced.
Matt Brunson
This could happen anywhere, and that is, perhaps the most chilling aspect of the film. Dec 7, 2018 | Full Review…
This could happen anywhere, and that is, perhaps the most chilling aspect of the film.
Alex Arabian
The Clovehitch Killer is too predictable to be a compelling thriller, but too hollow to be taken seriously as a critique of middle-class rot. Dec 6, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
The Clovehitch Killer is too predictable to be a compelling thriller, but too hollow to be taken seriously as a critique of middle-class rot.
Andrew Wyatt
Though bloodless it keeps you squirming in your seat. Dec 5, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Though bloodless it keeps you squirming in your seat.
Dennis Schwartz
Given the strong performances and admirable restraint from genre conventions, it's a shame this murder mystery comes unraveled as easily as it does. Nov 30, 2018 | Full Review…
Given the strong performances and admirable restraint from genre conventions, it's a shame this murder mystery comes unraveled as easily as it does.
Todd Jorgenson
While I had really enjoyed it and was glued to the screen, when it ended, there was a feeling of "What was the point?" Nov 27, 2018 | Full Review…
While I had really enjoyed it and was glued to the screen, when it ended, there was a feeling of "What was the point?"
Stephanie Archer
You know that Rear Window parody they did in The Simpsons, where they suspect Ned Flanders of being a murderer? Yeah. Basically that. Well acted though. A very cold, methodical film.
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