Synopsis
A Halloween-hating dad reluctantly teams up with his teenage daughter when an evil spirit wreaks havoc by making their town's decorations come to life.
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Cast
- Marlon WayansHoward Gordon
- Priah FergusonSydney Gordon
- Kelly RowlandEmily Gordon
- John Michael HigginsPrincipal Floyd
- Lauren LapkusMayor Tammy
- Rob RiggleSully
- Nia VardalosMadam Hawthorne
- Abi MontereyRamona
- Holly J. BarrettJamie
- Myles Vincent PerezMario
Recommendations
- 60
IGN
The Curse of Bridge Hollow is a mundane introduction to horror, with a bit of charm sprinkled in for good measure. - 50
Wall Street Journal
Granted, the mayhem is inflicted mostly on zombies and other Halloween decorations that have come to life courtesy of the ancient curse unleashed by Sydney. But the casual decapitations and dismemberments transition from vaguely entertaining to annoying, mostly because there’s a lot less story than there are special effects. - 50
Collider
The problem is The Curse of Bridge Hollow isn’t clever enough to carve out a niche of its own and is defined by the diminishing returns of derivative genre riffs from start to finish. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Despite a clever premise, decent special effects and an amiable tone, the horror-comedy The Curse of Bridge Hollow never makes the jump from “mildly pleasant time-killer” to “entertaining.” - 42
IndieWire
The Curse of Bridge Hollow makes no attempt to hide the fact that its only selling point is that it takes place during the holiday audiences are currently celebrating. The combination of autumnal B-roll and nonexistent storytelling ambition results in something that’s more of an addition to your living room’s Halloween decorations than a piece of cinema that commands anyone’s attention. - 40
The New York Times
Wadlow, a good horror director, seems hamstrung by the family-friendly context and struggles to develop tension in the absence of a plausible threat of violence. - 38
RogerEbert.com
There are plenty of perfunctory jump scares as well as some especially cheesy visual effects. But there is exactly one inspired sight gag and one funny line of dialogue, so you have those to look forward to, should you land on The Curse of Bridge Hollow while absent-mindedly scrolling for timely holiday fare. - 33
The A.V. Club
Watching it feels like attending a Halloween party and never striking up a conversation with anyone; you can only look at the decorations for so long before getting bored.
