A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart's greatest desire.... (Full plot summary below)
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A mute boy is trapped in his apartment with a sinister monster when he makes a wish to fulfill his heart's greatest desire.
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| Film ThreatBobby LePireThe Djinn is scary and harrowing with a shocking and impactful ending. The acting is perfect, and the visuals are a masterclass in creating tension. |
| New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAs effective as it is, The Djinn won’t conjure up nearly as many eyeballs as Spiral, but those who watch it won’t be disappointed — although they might never look at I Dream of Jeannie the same way ever again. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWith their debut, Charbonier and Powell proved a rare grasp of childhood horror, and keeping the perspective of youth among adult sins. The Djinn is even more reliant on that ability, and on their extraordinary relationship with the returning Dewey. |
| The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimThe film betrays its own less-is-more philosophy and becomes weighed down by exposition — but it’s a tense, thrilling ride nonetheless. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThis lean thriller doesn’t provide much food for thought, but it delivers a compact dose of extreme jeopardy. |
| SlashfilmMarisa MirabalSuspenseful, sinister and bittersweet, The Djinn is a cut-throat example of how effective horror can be with succinct decisions around dialogue and theatrics. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayFor the most part, The Djinn is effectively taut and tense, helped along by a spooky, synth-heavy score, some nifty special effects and a genuinely disturbing twist ending. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreThis isn’t anybody’s idea of a new horror classic. But The Djinn takes a basic story and delivers the basic jolts and frights we expect from it. No more, no less. |
| The GuardianPhil HoadCharbonier and Powell like moving through the apartment in Steadicam but this results in a soupy style that seeks to cover for the lack of positional imagination and rigour in the script. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakI wonder if the budget was perhaps too small to overcome since every moment The Djinn appears ready to transcend, it tragically deflates. Or perhaps its conceit deserved short film status instead. Going beyond twenty minutes simply isn’t viable. |
