Synopsis
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home 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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Cast
- Riley KeoughGrace
- Jaeden MartellAidan
- Lia McHughMia
- Richard ArmitageRichard
- Alicia SilverstoneLaura
- Katelyn WellsWendy
- Rebecca FaulkenberryWeather Reporter (voice)
- Danny KeoughGrace's Father
- Lola ReidYoung Grace
- 91
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Appropriately frosty and aloof, The Lodge is a meditative plumbing of the darkest parts of the human psyche, our vulnerabilities, and self-doubts and it’s these personal fears that resonate loudly. - 91
Consequence
While the cabin seemingly offers a rural respite, the endless snow and the situational horror of it all adds agoraphobic washes to any space. Couple that with captivating uses of grey and silver — seriously, the gradient factor in those two colors here is awe-inspiring by itself — and the dread becomes suffocating. - 80
Screen Daily
The longer The Lodge rolls along, the sheer skilfulness of the execution — the precise manipulation of the audience’s fears — becomes so impressive that one is tempted to simply succumb to its cold, cruel efficiency. - 75
The A.V. Club
An ambitious, expertly crafted, and admittedly kind of ludicrous horror movie. - 75
The Film Stage
Once the film wrestles itself from the confines of its spiritual predecessor [Hereditary], The Lodge is able to chew on some truly mind-bending ambiguities that kept me guessing—suspended in relatively effective tension—on what was actually happening. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
As a psychological down-is-up horror movie, The Lodge has a few solid tricks up its sleeve. But when the smoke and mirrors clear, it’s ultimately a story about trauma, and a rather bleak one at that. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
While the filmmakers' control of mood, menacing atmosphere and unsettling spatial dynamics remains arresting, their story sense grows shaky in a chiller that starts out strong but becomes meandering and repetitive. ... Still, this is classy, intelligent horror. - 60
Variety
There are too many explanations dangled here, to ends somewhat frustratingly contradictory rather than usefully ambiguous.