Rotten
"The Quiet Ones" simply has nothing to say.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
The Quiet Ones
A shocking experiment. An unspeakable evil.
2014 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Horror
Directed by
John Pogue
Overview
A university student and some classmates are recruited to carry out a private experiment -- to create a poltergeist. Their subject: an alluring, but dangerously disturbed young woman. Their quest: to explore the dark energy that her damaged psyche might manifest. As the experiment unravels along with their sanity, the rogue PHD students, led by their determined professor, are soon confronted with a terrifying reality: they have triggered an unspeakable force with a power beyond all explanation.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Quiet Ones is a pretty ironic title for a horror film whose primary scare tactic is to periodically crank up the volume, sending the needle to the red with a sudden spike in the decibel levels.
A.A. Dowd, AV Club
Rotten
Unfortunately, it's all very familiar and somewhat tediously played out.
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
Fresh
"The Quiet Ones" is rated PG-13, but it's scarier than R-rated gorefests, like "Proxy," "Nurse 3D," and "American Mary." Anyone can create disgust; creating slowly-building disquiet is entirely another proposition.
James Rocchi, Film.com
Rotten
The Quiet Ones is uninspired even by contemporary horror standards - which comes as a bit of a shock, given its pedigree.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
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