Unable to turn down a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy their dream house for nothing, Keira and Brian Woods move into a vast, lavish, fully-furnished Irish manor in the city's suburbs. As their sulky teenage daughter Ellie and her younger brother Steven wander around the cold rooms of their eerily vacant new home, suddenly, an intriguing wind-up gramophone in the living room catches their attention. And, without a doubt, there must be more treasures hidden in plain sight... (Full plot summary below)
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Unable to turn down a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy their dream house for nothing, Keira and Brian Woods move into a vast, lavish, fully-furnished Irish manor in the city's suburbs. As their sulky teenage daughter Ellie and her younger brother Steven wander around the cold rooms of their eerily vacant new home, suddenly, an intriguing wind-up gramophone in the living room catches their attention. And, without a doubt, there must be more treasures hidden in plain sight. But who knows what lies behind the kids' peculiar behaviour? What dark, hair-raising wonders lurk in the cellar?
Leave your thoughts about The Cellar.
| The PlaylistR. Colin TaitIt’s good without being elevated or necessarily great. But it has enough scares to qualify as a decent “dark place” movie without breaking the mold. |
| We Got This CoveredAlejandra MartinezIf you stick with it, The Cellar performs a kind of alchemy on screen: turning from a staid haunted house movie into a haunted house movie with a real sense of ambition and fun. I just wish it had more interest in its female leads. |
| SlashfilmMatt DonatoIt's a solid Friday night spookshow with solid bones and a divisive finisher — harmless horror entertainment that at least strives to be better than ordinary. |
| Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganAside from the one chilling scene grafted straight from The Ten Steps and its gorgeous, historic filming location, The Cellar just isn’t that deep. |
| The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThe Cellar does sag just a little in the middle, but its spooky beginning and apocalyptic denouement set it aside from the horror pack. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhat does connect is Cuthbert’s anxious, guilt-tinged performance as a mom who spends her days as an in-demand marketing consultant, helping brands reach the coveted youth demographic. |
| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsThe Cellar doesn't even need to be a smarter or even more faithful homage. All it needs to be is a little more of something—energetic, gross, thoughtful ... something!—to make it compelling enough to withstand comparisons to its many generic precedents. |
| IGNMatt FowlerThe Cellar has a cool and creepy set up but then fizzles once the answers start arriving. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakA film full of thought-provoking ideas that never quite gel into anything more than another example of missed potential. |
| Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesIf horror flicks came in cans like fake spaghetti, this would be the kind of can-shaped wormy mess that would slowly ooze out when held upside down and shaken. |
