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Pet

Pet

2016

Carles Torrens

Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Da'Vone McDonald ...

5.3

3,076

Thriller A psychological thriller about a man who bumps into an old flame and subsequently becomes obsessed with her, leading him to hold her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works. But what the victim have in store for her assailant?

	Media	Author	Review
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"While Slater’s script is overly manipulative (...) the lead performers manage to sell it (...) 'Pet' is unlikely to cross over to general audiences, but it’s bound to satisfy fans of more extreme horror"
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"Idiotic implausibilities continue to mount (...) The movie is also replete with nasty shock effects (...) and stupendously banal dialogue (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"
		AV Club	"A smart and unsettling tale (...) in which the expected plod through yet another disturbed creep torturing a plucky damsel gets a jolt of campy energy"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The pace is patient, the acting solid and the special effects emphasize craft over flash (...) These strengths, though, are undermined by a story that gives Seth an out and seems to suggest that we should forgive him"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"'Pet' isn’t much more than a twist on an old conceit, and the character beats are painted with overly broad strokes, but it’s sharply shot (...) and Monaghan and Solo lean into their creepy performances wholeheartedly."
		Keith Watson Slant	"'Pet' earns points for its gleefully nihilistic mix of gore and black humor (...) But for a film that's about a psychological cat-and-mouse game, it's divorced from any recognizable human psychology (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Kim Newman Screendaily	"Once past a first reel which deliberately sticks to torture porn conventions, 'Pet' is redeemed by a series of developments that take the film into surprising story and character areas"

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