65
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsStevens slowly and subtly unpacks that heady, provocative conceit with care and in a way that makes his directorial debut feel like the arrival of a major new talent.
- 80Film ThreatBobby LePireFilm ThreatBobby LePireGirl On The Third Floor has enough carnage and bloodshed to satisfy all gorehounds. Director Travis Stevens gets terrific performances from an excellent cast, and the atmosphere is consistently foreboding.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartGore and supernatural comeuppances ensue in a haunted-house flick that mostly eschews jump scares for more satisfying psychological and erotic twists.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe second half’s a letdown — the audience knows where the movie’s going, and gets there before the movie does. Nonetheless it bodes nicely for longtime horror producer Travis Stevens, here making his feature debut behind the camera.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWhat’s ultimately less impressive is Stevens’ script, which to varying degrees draws on the templates of “The Amityville Horror,” “The Shining,” “Eyes Wide Shut” and other conspicuous predecessors, but lacks the original fillip or three that might have turned an enjoyable exercise into something really first rate.
- 50Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeSlant MagazineSteven ScaifeThe film is loud and obvious about declaring its themes, as if to distract from their ultimate shallowness.