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Unwelcome

2022

Jon Wright

Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth, Colm Meaney, Niamh Cusack ...

4.8

1,221

Horror Londoners Maya and Jamie who escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent, murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Ellen E. Jones The Guardian	"Fun Irish folk horror (...) The script by Wright and Mark Stay weaves in enough anxieties, both contemporary and primal, to sustain suspense even amid the silliness (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Wright can’t bridge the glaring divide between 'Gremlins' and 'Straw Dogs', leaving audiences with a mess of ideas that don’t seamlessly congeal into a coherent feature (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"[Hannah's] journey is harrowing, and John-Kamen makes us believe it (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"It’s tonally a bit all over the shop, and could have been funnier or scarier — but when the supremely-constructed goblins show up, causing all manner of mischief, 'Unwelcome' is a goofy horror treat (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Tyler Doupe Dread Central	"I think there are some good ideas at play here. And I think Jon Wright has talent. But the execution and the aimlessness of the narrative kept me from ever fully connecting with 'Unwanted' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Larushka Ivan-Zadeh The Times	"Jon Wright's unexpectedly fun home-invasion horror is built on fertile, if familiar, ground (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Andy Crump Paste Magazine	"[Hannah's] work in 'Unwelcome' is one of its two best features. The other is the effects work put into the Red Caps (...) The result is pleasing"	POS
Ireland	Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"[A] crass and ghastly item of paddywhackery, which concludes in an orgy of murder and disembowelment (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"'Unwelcome' proves a bit of a trudge for the first hour or so, but it proves worth it in the end for a genuinely brilliant final third that's equal parts brilliant and bonkers (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It might be too slow-burn for some, but overall, it worked for me (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Canada	Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"A great idea and strong performances can't overcome weak script (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU

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