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Backtrack

2015

Michael Petroni

Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Bruce Spence, Robin McLeavy ...

5.0

1,918

Drama. Horror. Mystery Psychologist Peter Bower's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. Backtrack is a spine-chilling story from the acclaimed writer-director, Michael Petroni.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A nifty little scary movie from Australian writer-director Michael Petroni. It’s a bit derivative, with borrowings from a handful of other films, but there are some nasty moments (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The film doesn't manage to shed its overwhelming air of familiarity and obvious debt to such genre predecessors as The Sixth Sense"	NEG
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"The film is part psychological thriller, part horror movie, and the horror elements deliver some solid frights"	POS
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"Fright fans more interested in thematic depth than visceral thrills may appreciate what writer-director Michael Petroni attempts, but even they’d likely admit there’s not much to savor."	NEU
United States	Godfrey Cheshire rogerebert.com	"[Petroni] is a skilled storyteller with a strong visual sense (...) The director’s way of handling action is similarly deft (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"The film is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Rubik’s Cube noisily solve itself for 90 minutes (…) Rating: ½ (out of 5)"	NEG

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