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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.
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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. November 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. November 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. November 16, 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. November 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. November 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. September 28, 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
With an exceptional cast and tension that never lets up, The Clovehitch Killer is a gripping and often heartbreaking serial killer horror. October 30, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
With an exceptional cast and tension that never lets up, The Clovehitch Killer is a gripping and often heartbreaking serial killer horror.
Jimmy Donnellan
A quiet movie that hits us like a train going at full speed. This is a thriller that tells a very different story from the one we thought it would tell. [Full review in Spanish]. May 15, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A quiet movie that hits us like a train going at full speed. This is a thriller that tells a very different story from the one we thought it would tell. [Full review in Spanish].
Federico Furzan
It's rare for a film to simultaneously be an excellent ride and also frustrating in how it chooses to channel its inspirations. April 27, 2019 | Full Review…
It's rare for a film to simultaneously be an excellent ride and also frustrating in how it chooses to channel its inspirations.
C.H. Newell
The ending is too abrupt, but the rest is methodically paced. March 21, 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. December 8, 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. December 7, 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.
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