Synopsis
Three best friends attending a heavy-metal show cross paths with sadistic killers after they travel to a secluded country home for an after party.
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Cast
- Alexandra DaddarioAlexis
- Keean JohnsonMark
- Logan MillerKovacs
- Amy ForsythBev
- Austin SwiftIvan
- Maddie HassonVal
- Johnny KnoxvillePastor John Henry Butler
- Allison McAteeSusan
- Steve PacaudCool Guy
- Derek James TrappMetal Head
Recommendations
- 75
Slashfilm
Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hasson are the Hammett and Hetfield of Marc Meyers’ eyeliner ensemble, with looks that kill and attitudes doubly deadly. For that, this critic can downgrade other complaints. It’s full of amplified unhallowed fun and fiendish shocks in the name of rock n’ roll…or maybe that’s just what “The Man” wants you to think. - 70
Screen Rant
We Summon The Darkness is a wickedly fun and delightfully devilish thrill ride led by electric performances from Alexandra Daddario and Maddie Hasson. - 67
The A.V. Club
The film is propelled by a confident lead performance from Alexandra Daddario. - 67
The Film Stage
We Summon the Darkness reveals itself to be a fun ride when all is said and done because nobody on-screen knows what he/she is doing. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
An appealing cast and slick period production values make this an entertaining enough retro bloodbath. - 60
Variety
We Summon the Darkness is a psycho thriller that pulls the bloody rug out from under you, and does it in a shivery sly way. - 50
Los Angeles Times
We Summon the Darkness is fine throughout; but it peaks in its first third, when nothing much is happening beyond some very good actors recreating the small-town rock ’n’ roll lifestyle of the recent past. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Director Marc Meyers’s sometimes funny, but more often creaky, spin on devil worship, murder and good ol’ fashioned religion has only one or two nifty ideas – all of which are sacrificed early on, leaving about an hour of footage in desperate need of divine intervention.
