The Hallow
Moving into a new house, an ordinary family who in an attempt to improve their life, moves into a new house in a remote forest, where incidents come to frustrate them, as they notice strange things begin to happen, as weird voices, struggle to survive, as they have been chased by a dark spirit that hunt their house.
1963, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1967, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
11 September 1964, London, England, UK
17 November 1981, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
1963, Terenure, Dublin, Ireland
21 March 1974, Oxford, England, UK
March 14, 2016
This gloomy little film has neither the imagination nor the effects to carry off its story.
February 23, 2016
The Hallow promises to be an Irish mythological horror, replete with wee folk and banshees. Unhappily, it merely namechecks these entities and delivers nothing of the sort.
July 25, 2016
While it won't leave you the unwelcome gift of nightmares, The Hallow is an admirable first-time out for director Corin Hardy. You can see where every cent was spent, but that kind of adds to the fun.
November 12, 2015
Amid all the horror and the black ooze, there emerges a deeply touching story about the power of love.
August 22, 2016
By the time The Hallow builds to its breathtakingly personal climax, it's hard not to be impressed by what Hardy has accomplished.
November 10, 2015
Pretty quickly, you'll be suffering from fiend fatigue.
November 19, 2015
In a departure from the sexually active teens of most slasher movies, "The Hallow" plays on more grown-up fears: keeping your family safe and steering clear of a vengeful Mother Nature.
April 05, 2016
A sophisticated and scary horror picture with way above-average effects.
November 12, 2015
This backwoods monster movie boasts compelling performances, eye-catching creatures and an effective blend of practical and digital effects.
November 06, 2015
High on atmosphere and chills, but only passable when it comes to anything beyond surface-deep emotional content. It's almost there, but just shy of greatness.
November 19, 2015
This ecologically themed horror movie scores points for atmosphere and imagination, though it isn't particularly scary. The characters are little more than ciphers, so I wasn't inclined to root for them when they got into trouble.

