| R| 1hr 31mins |Horror, Thriller |PHARS FILM
Director: Marc Meyers
Writers: Alan Trezza
Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson | See full cast & crew »
Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy –metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians & head off to one of the girl’s country home for an after party.What do they have to confront that night?
Release
The film premiered at Mammoth Film Festival on February 28, 2019, and was released in digital and on-demand in the United States on April 10, 2020, by Saban Films.
We Summon the Darkness was released in digital and on-demand on April 10, 2020. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 9, 2020 by Lionsgate Home EntertainmentThe film was released on Netflix on August 8, 2020.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 69% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.87/10. The site’s critics consensus reads: “We Summon the Darkness makes the most of its rather pedestrian plot with palpable affection for genre formula, an appealing cast, and a sharp sense of humor.” On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety magazine wrote: “We Summon the Darkness is a psycho thriller that pulls the bloody rug out from under you, and does it in a shivery sly way.”
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