Rotten
"The Quiet Ones" simply has nothing to say.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
The Quiet Ones
A shocking experiment. An unspeakable evil.
2014 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Horror
Directed by
John Pogue
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The Quiet Ones
Overview
A professor and his students perform a dangerous experiment that causes a young woman to lose her sanity.
Director and cast
- John Pogue Director
- Jared Harris as Professor Coupland
- Sam Claflin as Brian McNeil
- Olivia Cooke as Jane Harper
- Erin Richards as Kristina Dalton
- Rory Fleck-Byrne as Harry Abrams
- Laurie Paul Calvert as Phillip
- Max Pirkis as David Q
- Richard Cunningham as Provost
- Aldo Maland as young David Q
- Rebecca Scott as Student #1
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Quiet Ones is a pretty ironic title for a horror film whose primary scare tactic is to periodically crank up the volume, sending the needle to the red with a sudden spike in the decibel levels.
A.A. Dowd, AV Club
Rotten
Unfortunately, it's all very familiar and somewhat tediously played out.
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
Fresh
"The Quiet Ones" is rated PG-13, but it's scarier than R-rated gorefests, like "Proxy," "Nurse 3D," and "American Mary." Anyone can create disgust; creating slowly-building disquiet is entirely another proposition.
James Rocchi, Film.com
Rotten
The Quiet Ones is uninspired even by contemporary horror standards - which comes as a bit of a shock, given its pedigree.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
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