The next great horror movie releases this week, but chances are you’ve never heard of Oddity – despite its perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.
The last horror film to get those kinds of numbers wasLonglegs, the horrifying Nicolas Cage serial killer film. Much like Longlegs, outlets are heaping praise on Oddity.
Chris Evangelista of SlashFilm said it’s one of the best horror movies of the year,dubbing it“a creepy, effective, spooky tale told just right; like a good ghost story, it lingers with you once you’ve turned off the lights for the night and let the dark seep in.”
Meanwhile, Matt Donato of Inversecalledthe film “a cryptic, chilling, and deathly atmospheric take on terrors surfaced by experienced trauma.”
Alison Foreman of IndieWiredescribed it as“a brilliant, bespoke, and tightly entertaining string of ideas that work stronger as a collection — with even these missteps feeling like they branch from a unified center.”
Despite this seemingly universal praise, most fans seem quiet about the film, even as it races towards its theatrical release. Some praise has crept through, withone Reddit usercalling it “a great time and definitely worth seeing on the big screen.”
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Mc Carthy’s previous effort, Caveat, is an Irish horror film about an amnesiac drifter caring for a woman on an island. That film currently has an82% Tomatometer, though its audience score is a much weaker 55%.
Christopher Baggett was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team and a comics expert, across DC Comics and Marvel. He also has bylines at ComicsBeat, Comic Book Resources, and The HomeWorld.
