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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayFor the most part, Fear the Night feels like it could have been made by almost anybody. It’s crafty enough, but it’s lacking LaBute’s usual acid wit and fearless provocations.
- 40Screen RantFerdosa AbdiScreen RantFerdosa AbdiThe dynamics needed to be defined better, and despite some compelling filmmaking, the flagrant disregard for characterization reduces Fear The Night to a mildly tolerable home invasion horror.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAs for LaBute, a once incisive chronicler of male cruelty and ineptitude, his continued dabblings in genre are lamentable. Perhaps the kindest thing to do is pretend this dud never happened.
- 25RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsFear the Night often feels like it was made by artists who understand the type of movie that they’re making but maybe don’t really care enough about making it, either as a by-the-numbers genre exercise or a repudiation of its fans and their need for pseudo-enlightened catharsis.