Rotten
Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
Overview
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.
Director and cast
- Tennyson Bardwell Director
- Tim Daly as Bryan Becket
- Tom Arnold as Sully
- Zoe Saldaña as Cassie
- Andrea Roth as Robin Becket
- Edward Herrmann as Shepard
- Robert Prosky as Father Wymond
- Bruce Altman as Dr. Koven
- Lea Coco as Deputy Lura
- L.J. Foley as Young Bryan Becket
- Christina Rouner as Courtroom Witness
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Tennyson Bardwell's pretentious psycho-supernatural flick doesn't even qualify as guilty-pleasure camp. It's the sort of bad movie that will make you lose faith in the genre altogether.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Rotten
I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Bardwell writes and directs carefully though without inspiration, leaving open the question of whether the house is really haunted.
Frank Lovece, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
A mechanical compendium of anti-skepticism cliches, right down to the obligatory post-realization upchuck.
Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice
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