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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsLofing and Cluff certainly know the found-footage ropes, and the tropes; we'll see if their next project reveals a little more imagination.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonEntertainment WeeklyKyle AndersonThis is another found-footage movie that, with a little art direction and some actual cinematography, could easily have been a decent little terrorizer. Instead, it comes mostly unglued thanks to its hacky gimmick.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThe Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberAny film that tries to revive this technique needs a clever story or unusual filmmaking ingenuity to stand out from the crowd. The Gallows has neither. It has enough mild scares to captivate the under-25 crowd.
- 38Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonThe film is sstrictly a high-tech spin on one of those Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
- 35TheWrapTim AppeloTheWrapTim AppeloThe Gallows is not without thrills. What it lacks is the thrill of the chase.
- 30Screen DailyJohn HazeltonScreen DailyJohn HazeltonThe Gallows offers up few new ideas and very few genuine scares.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIf you’re not laughing at this, early and often, you’re made of sterner stuff than the players they paid to show up for this, but didn’t.
- Sorry, but this kind of high-school horror was old when Jamie Lee Curtis was young. All the ugly, shaky, night-vision camerawork in the world will not make it seem fresh. Or remotely scary.
- 0Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe Gallows offers exactly none of the frisson or pleasure of a found-footage film done right.