Latest Movie Reviews: The Lodge

Wed 19 Feb 2020 | 02:49 PM

Yara Sameh

The Lodge, comes from the makers of Goodnight Mommy, is a dark gripping horror movie that was produced in 2019.

NEON acquired distribution rights to the film shortly after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25.

It was originally going to be released on November 15, however, it was pushed back three months from its original release date to February 7.

The plot follows a family who retreats to their remote winter cabin over the holidays. When the father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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Info & Cast

Rating: R (for disturbing violence, some bloody images, language, and brief nudity)

Genre: Horror

Directed By: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz

Written By: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Sergio Casci

In Theaters: Feb 7, 2020

Runtime: 108 minutes

Studio: NEON

It scored 72% from Rotten Tomatoes, 6.6/10 from IMDb, and 3/5 from Common Sense Media, while 77% of Google users liked it.

One of the most trusted measurements of quality for Movies & TV, Rotten Tomatoes’s critical consensus reads, “Led by an impressive Riley Keough performance, The Lodge should prove a suitably unsettling destination for fans of darkly atmospheric horror.”.

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