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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireOlly RichardsEmpireOlly RichardsA much bolder, braver horror sequel than most. Except for a wispy ending, it’s a match for the first.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThis inevitably doesn’t have the charge of the first story, but it is still interestingly weird and dreamlike, and quite disturbing. A commercially driven sequel, sure – but still effective.
- 60Total FilmMatt GlasbyTotal FilmMatt GlasbyHarper’s well-appointed sequel has strong performances even if the Woman becomes a supporting character in her own tale.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film ends up cheapening its sense of empathy in its final mad rush to subject audiences to every incarnation of the jump scare imaginable.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweReliant on suspense rather than gore, this is functional middle-brow psychological horror and screenwriter Joe Croker finds plenty of tired haunted house tropes he’s happy to recycle in adapting material from Susan Hill’s original novel.
- 50Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe new installment is, at best, a serviceable creep show, one with far more chills than thrills.
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartDirector Tom Harper (“War Book”) defaults too often to gotcha scares, which is disappointing.
- 42TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeEvery good idea this sequel has to offer winds up taking a backseat to the most obvious cat-in-the-closet “BOO!” moments imaginable.
- 40Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonIt quickly devolves into predictable shock tactics, drippy wartime romance and scenes in which the characters leaf tremulously through Victorian photo albums and spout exposition.
- 40VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA handsomely made but dramatically inert and not very scary sequel.