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Movie ID: 753
RT slug: antlers
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/antlers
Release year: 2021
Runtime: 99 mins
Wide release date: 2021-10-29
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: 2021-10-11
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 59%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Scott Cooper
Writers: C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca, Scott Cooper
Producers: David S. Goyer, Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-15 15:02:03
Updated: 2026-06-15 15:02:03
A small-town Oregon teacher and her sheriff brother discover that a troubled student is hiding a terrifying supernatural secret.
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Canonical reviews: 179
Canonical fresh: 106
Canonical rotten: 73
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 59%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-15 14:06:15
Snapshot Tomatometer: 59%
Snapshot review count: 179
Snapshot fresh count: 106
Snapshot rotten count: 73
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1314 (full_snapshot)
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| 1 | Keri Russell | Julia Meadows |
| 2 | Jesse Plemons | Paul Meadows |
| 3 | Jeremy T. Thomas | Lucas Weaver |
| 4 | Graham Greene | Warren Stokes |
| 5 | Scott Haze | Frank Weaver |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171263 | Bryce Hanson | Horror Movie Talk | Fresh | 8/10 | 2025-09-23T17:54:10Z | 2025-09-23 17:54:10 | This is a compelling and emotionally complex film, but it also has some of the year’s best gore and jump scares. I highly recommend it. |
| 171264 | Julian Singleton | Cinapse | Rotten | — | 2025-07-11T21:00:43Z | 2025-07-11 21:00:43 | An earnestly explored yet shapeless exercise in socially conscious dread, fueled by fertile concepts yet spends too much time spinning its wheels to head out to territory worth exploring. |
| 171265 | Calum Cooper | Flick Feast | Fresh | 3/5 | 2024-07-15T13:00:01Z | 2024-07-15 13:00:01 | Antlers boasts some impressive production quality which adds to its suspense. Among the film’s delights include a playful approach to dark and foggy lighting that adds to the film’s sense of entrapment. |
| 171266 | Zach Pope | Zach Pope Reviews | Rotten | — | 2023-07-26T19:49:33Z | 2023-07-26 19:49:33 | I’m so disappointed…. Creature effects & look is awesome But it’s barley there & the movie feels itself as a drama that just never grabbed me. It’s filled with some great performances & great moments but their far and few between |
| 171267 | Manuel São Bento | MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) | Fresh | B- | 2023-07-25T21:29:48Z | 2023-07-25 21:29:48 | Antlers is a cleverly shot, character-driven horror story with effective jumpscares and a captivating narrative that ultimately fails to reach its true potential. |
| 171268 | Dallas King | Outtake Mag | Rotten | 1/5 | 2022-11-12T22:51:32Z | 2022-11-12 22:51:32 | The plot itself does little to provide the scares, and the entire film is completely devoid of tension and incredibly repetitive. |
| 171269 | Scott Phillips | The Screen Scene | Rotten | — | 2022-07-21T19:50:50Z | 2022-07-21 19:50:50 | Antlers left me wondering if Native Americans have only one myth because this story has been filmed many times before. |
| 171270 | Nestor Bentancor | Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood | Rotten | — | 2022-06-23T05:33:02Z | 2022-06-23 05:33:02 | The film has its moments, but it never quites succeeds as a compelling family drama, nor as a frightening piece of elevated horror. |
| 171271 | Leigh Paatsch | Herald Sun (Australia) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-05-19T10:51:13Z | 2022-05-19 10:51:13 | A genuinely haunting horror movie which revels in the slightly suggested, rather than the directly depicted. |
| 171272 | Margot Harrison | Seven Days (VT) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-03-05T01:32:57Z | 2022-03-05 01:32:57 | Russell imbues Julia with convincing traces of lingering trauma, but it's Lucas who rivets our attention. |
| 171273 | Vincent Schilling | Native Viewpoint | Fresh | 7.1/10 | 2022-02-25T04:06:35Z | 2022-02-25 04:06:35 | Not too bad, a couple of jump scares, but not the best scary movie Ive seen. The Indigenous theme seemed a bit mismanaged, and as a Native man, believe me I am accustomed to it. |
| 171274 | Carson Timar | Clapper | Rotten | — | 2022-02-12T00:40:55Z | 2022-02-12 00:40:55 | Especially considering the strength Scott Cooper has shown in the past, Antlers feels like a massive disappointment. |
| 171275 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-01-15T17:30:17Z | 2022-01-15 17:30:17 | We have seen this too many times before to be frightened. |
| 171276 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2022-01-13T01:50:38Z | 2022-01-13 01:50:38 | The filmmaker’s propensity for brooding character studies means Antlers’ seed finds a little more purchase than the typical horror outing. |
| 171277 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-01-04T20:40:18Z | 2022-01-04 20:40:18 | I wouldn't call Antlers much of a horror film, more like a thriller with some gore thrown in for impact. |
| 171278 | Kevin A. Ranson | MovieCrypt.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-12-31T17:30:12Z | 2021-12-31 17:30:12 | To those who understand and know the truth about such places, the creature is the least scary thing about it; it's merely a form given to what everyone refuses to see until it can no longer be ignored... assuming there's anyone left. |
| 171279 | Travis Johnson | Mr. Movie's Film Blog | Rotten | — | 2021-12-31T00:51:08Z | 2021-12-31 00:51:08 | Antlers is essentially misery tourism dressed up for Halloween. |
| 171280 | Eddie Harrison | film-authority.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-12-19T10:20:05Z | 2021-12-19 10:20:05 | ...not helped by a po-faced exhuming of horror clichés... |
| 171281 | Grant Watson | Fiction Machine | Fresh | 6/10 | 2021-12-18T12:30:06Z | 2021-12-18 12:30:06 | To be honest, things only stumble if one begins to think of what sort of film was left on the table compared to the one that was released. |
| 171282 | Jorge Loser | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2021-12-02T20:50:44Z | 2021-12-02 20:50:44 | Although it's not a perfect movie, it's far from generic. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 171283 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Rotten | 4/10 | 2021-11-24T22:41:00Z | 2021-11-24 22:41:00 | A predictable horror show that should have been so much better than it is. |
| 171284 | Kristen Maldonado | Pop Culture Planet | Rotten | — | 2021-11-23T22:20:40Z | 2021-11-23 22:20:40 | Much of the lore feels hollow and confusing as they try to deliver you shocking reveals that just lack stakes. |
| 171285 | Sergio F. Pinilla | Cinemanía (Spain) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-11-19T16:30:36Z | 2021-11-19 16:30:36 | Transcends the genre to make us reflect on our fears and the humanity's most hidden traits. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 171286 | María Fernanda Mugica | La Nación (Argentina) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-16T18:20:36Z | 2021-11-16 18:20:36 | [It's] the suspenseful scenes and horror revelations that are the most fascinating, thanks to effective staging and powerful visual effects. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 171287 | Rob Hunter | Film School Rejects | Fresh | — | 2021-11-15T23:40:42Z | 2021-11-15 23:40:42 | It's a dark and dreary ride, but happily, it also comes with a terrifically creepy creature as well. |
| 171288 | Zehra Phelan | Flavourmag | Rotten | 3/5 | 2021-11-15T11:50:18Z | 2021-11-15 11:50:18 | Delay seems to be the dish of the day, as the drawn-out convoluted story tries to build a foundation filled with multiple themes before finally transforming into an anti-climax. |
| 171289 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2021-11-12T16:30:45Z | 2021-11-12 16:30:45 | This slick and stylish thriller establishes a creepy atmosphere but struggles to maintain suspense while digging into a mostly familiar bag of disturbing themes and genre tricks. |
| 171290 | David Bax | Battleship Pretension | Rotten | — | 2021-11-12T02:50:49Z | 2021-11-12 02:50:49 | The obviousness of its messaging makes Antlers feel like an M. Night Shyamalan movie with all the fun parts removed. |
| 171291 | Chance Solem-Pfeifer | Willamette Week | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-11-12T00:40:59Z | 2021-11-12 00:40:59 | It's a superficially polished, well-acted movie that gravely stammers through a repetitive 95 minutes. |
| 171292 | Tia Bailey | Pittsburgh City Paper | Rotten | — | 2021-11-12T00:30:48Z | 2021-11-12 00:30:48 | While everything leading up to the reveal works, the promised Wendigo is disappointing, making me wish they had left the creature at least mostly unseen. |
| 171293 | Asher Luberto | L.A. Weekly | Fresh | — | 2021-11-11T00:00:18Z | 2021-11-11 00:00:18 | Antlers is the first horror flick from Cooper, and the filmmaking is efficiently creepy, if a bit grotesque. The camera lingers on bodies long enough for you to start squirming in your seat, and the site of a decomposed corpse will make you gasp out loud. |
| 171294 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-11-10T18:50:28Z | 2021-11-10 18:50:28 | The juxtaposition of real-life trauma with the sinister shadows that float beneath is a compelling one, even if the thematic scales are occasionally out of whack...Antlers might not be a great horror movie, but it's no misfire either. |
| 171295 | Shawn Edwards | Fox 4 Kansas City | Rotten | 1/5 | 2021-11-10T17:20:27Z | 2021-11-10 17:20:27 | A dreadful exercise in nothingness. |
| 171296 | John McDonald | Australian Financial Review | Fresh | — | 2021-11-10T11:30:16Z | 2021-11-10 11:30:16 | Cooper gives us an eco-horror tale in which indigenous knowledge proves superior to mainstream scepticism |
| 171297 | Trace Thurman | Horror Queers Podcast | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-11-10T00:11:22Z | 2021-11-10 00:11:22 | A grisly piece of work with some truly gnarly gore. Have a comedy on hand that you can watch afterward. |
| 171298 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2021-11-08T22:00:30Z | 2021-11-08 22:00:30 | The film blows it with the cheesy CGI rendering of the wendigo and slack-jawed lip service paid to Native American traditions... |
| 171299 | Tim Brayton | Alternate Ending | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-08T08:10:11Z | 2021-11-08 08:10:11 | A darn fine wendigo film, when it can be bothered to be a wendigo film at all. |
| 171300 | Lee McCoy | DrumDums | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-11-08T04:50:10Z | 2021-11-08 04:50:10 | Director Scott Cooper knows his way around characters that are scarred. Antlers is a creature feature that is bold, bloody, and full of symbolism. A nice mix of The Ritual, The Monster, and a dash of Silence of the Lambs. |
| 171301 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-11-07T12:10:13Z | 2021-11-07 12:10:13 | ...a disappointing misfire that does, generally speaking, take itself far too seriously for its own good. |
| 171302 | Russ Simmons | KKFI-FM (Kansas City) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-11-06T01:22:02Z | 2021-11-06 01:22:02 | "Antlers" is more dreary than it is scary. |
| 171303 | Kevin Carr | Fat Guys at the Movies | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-11-05T23:21:38Z | 2021-11-05 23:21:38 | It has some very creepy scenes, and it deals with some myths and legends... it has it's moments. |
| 171304 | Anne Brodie | What She Said | Fresh | — | 2021-11-05T17:50:53Z | 2021-11-05 17:50:53 | What saves it is that the filmmakers do make an effort at atmosphere and tone, even when the frights go off the rails. |
| 171305 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-04T21:51:10Z | 2021-11-04 21:51:10 | We can enjoy the skilled acting and filmmaking, but nothing about this movie lingers afterwards. |
| 171306 | Austin Burke | Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation | Rotten | 5/10 | 2021-11-04T14:40:40Z | 2021-11-04 14:40:40 | Antlers decides against exploring the obvious themes and opts to go the simplistic route. Even with some incredible visuals and effects, the story could have been so much more. |
| 171307 | John Townsend | Starburst | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-11-02T18:20:34Z | 2021-11-02 18:20:34 | More than with [Scott Cooper's] previous films, the internal struggle is given form and does not disappoint. |
| 171308 | Jonathan Sim | ComingSoon.net | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-11-02T17:00:30Z | 2021-11-02 17:00:30 | Antlers remains a well-crafted thriller with some excellent scares and a bone-chilling ending. |
| 171310 | Matthew Bond | The Mail on Sunday (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-11-02T12:00:25Z | 2021-11-02 12:00:25 | At heart it's a horror film we've seen many times before. |
| 171309 | Andy Lea | Daily Express (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-02T12:00:25Z | 2021-11-02 12:00:25 | The film's serious themes don't always sit well with the jump scares but Cooper cooks up some genuinely nightmarish visions. |
| 171311 | Wenlei Ma | News.com.au | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-02T07:10:33Z | 2021-11-02 07:10:33 | Laden with doom, viscera and its own seriousness, Antlers is a sometimes effective, sometimes frustrating horror movie. |
| 171312 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-11-02T02:20:14Z | 2021-11-02 02:20:14 | Cooper doesn't pull a single punch, and this may be his bleakest storytelling endeavor yet. |
| 171313 | Nicholas Bell | IONCINEMA.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-11-01T19:20:46Z | 2021-11-01 19:20:46 | A fine cast led by a strong performance from Keri Russell allows for a stellar build into a cruel, cold, dark world. |
| 171314 | Marisa Carpico | The Pop Break | Fresh | — | 2021-11-01T19:00:48Z | 2021-11-01 19:00:48 | While Antlers is perhaps not the culture-shifting prestige horror film genre fans hoped it could be, it is exactly what it sets out to be: a chilling dark fairy tale. |
| 171315 | Alison Foreman | Mashable | Rotten | — | 2021-11-01T18:40:46Z | 2021-11-01 18:40:46 | There are good bits worth picking through, especially if you're a die-hard del Toro fan. But in the end, Antlers isn't worth the space it takes up on the wall. |
| 171316 | Mark Meszoros | The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-11-01T18:10:48Z | 2021-11-01 18:10:48 | Yes, it offers the genre's requisite moodiness and scares. And even with one character making the genre's obligatory bad decisions, it never really frustrates the viewer. However, with ultimately too few plot elements, it never truly enthralls, either. |
| 171317 | Chris Mello | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2021-11-01T17:30:40Z | 2021-11-01 17:30:40 | If Cooper is so eager to put his cards on the table at every turn, it might have helped to have a better hand. Antlers' invocation of its Big Idea is meaningless at best. |
| 171318 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Fresh | B+ | 2021-11-01T16:30:24Z | 2021-11-01 16:30:24 | Cooper's hard-nosed, humorless style translates well to this dark, gritty, unflinching monster movie that makes the bulk of its genre peers look safe by comparison. |
| 171319 | Andrea Chase | Killer Movie Reviews | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-11-01T07:20:06Z | 2021-11-01 07:20:06 | It all unfolds with a pace so deliberately slow that it makes you want to scream, making that element the most horrific to be found here. |
| 171320 | Alex Saveliev | Film Threat | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-11-01T00:40:29Z | 2021-11-01 00:40:29 | Antlers has something to say. It should've just spoken less, and more eloquently. |
| 171321 | Candice McMillan | Seattle Refined | Rotten | — | 2021-10-31T21:50:12Z | 2021-10-31 21:50:12 | We both see and feel the mood that Cooper establishes throughout the film like one might feel a pimple. It broods ominously, festering in horror and torture ... Picking this one will be painful and messy. |
| 171322 | Joe Friar | Fort Worth Report | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-10-31T20:30:19Z | 2021-10-31 20:30:19 | The brooding horror film gives the mythological flesheater of the forest it's due with grisly effects, a first-rate cast, and a storyline that sends shivers |
| 171323 | Matthew Passantino | Big Picture Big Sound | Rotten | 1/4 | 2021-10-31T17:30:27Z | 2021-10-31 17:30:27 | "Antlers" is one of those horror movies that carries itself with a certain level of faux-prestige. |
| 171325 | Edward Porter | Sunday Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-31T13:40:15Z | 2021-10-31 13:40:15 | Its fantastical beast goes to waste: a lighter film might have had more fun with it. |
| 171324 | Simran Hans | Observer (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-10-31T13:40:15Z | 2021-10-31 13:40:15 | It's satisfyingly gross - there's plenty of black bile, crunching bones and half-chewed bodies. |
| 171326 | Marianna Neal | Impression Blend | Rotten | 5/10 | 2021-10-31T04:00:08Z | 2021-10-31 04:00:08 | Antlers desperately needed more work because, as is, it just feels underdeveloped. |
| 171327 | Don Kaye | Den of Geek | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-30T21:30:27Z | 2021-10-30 21:30:27 | Everyone is disappointed, depressed, and angry, which instantly sets Antlers on a course of being 90 minutes of misery porn. When the supernatural horror comes, it's almost a relief that at least something has changed. |
| 171328 | Joey Magidson | Awards Radar | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-10-30T16:30:15Z | 2021-10-30 16:30:15 | Antlers wants to be the next great creature feature, but to do so while being elevated horror. It has the creature, but winds up being wildly mediocre in all other regards. |
| 171329 | Marc Burrows | HeyUGuys | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-30T10:20:14Z | 2021-10-30 10:20:14 | A supernatural chiller that, though well constructed, never quite connects its heavy themes to its creepy creature. Miserable in a way it never quite earns, and dull in a way you don't deserve. |
| 171330 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Fresh | — | 2021-10-30T03:30:34Z | 2021-10-30 03:30:34 | More than the typical 'creature on the loose' horror movie, Antlers tells a haunting yet somewhat sluggish story about how a decaying environment can wreak havoc if the problem is ignored. |
| 171331 | Stephen Romei | The Australian | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-10-30T01:11:03Z | 2021-10-30 01:11:03 | Antlers is a three-star supernatural horror film with a five-star performance by 15-year-old American actor Jeremy T. Thomas. |
| 171332 | Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-10-30T00:40:44Z | 2021-10-30 00:40:44 | A scary story of being traumatized by a monster - and by reality. |
| 171333 | Dann Gire | Chicago Daily Herald | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2021-10-30T00:30:49Z | 2021-10-30 00:30:49 | ... the white-knuckled, nail-biting suspense of high horror eludes it. |
| 171334 | Colleen Morrissey | Chicago Reader | Fresh | — | 2021-10-30T00:20:50Z | 2021-10-30 00:20:50 | Antlers delivers a decent share of chills and a B-effort monster design in the eldritch del Toro style. See it for a better-than-average monster flick, but don't expect innovation. |
| 171335 | Ben Rolph | AwardsWatch | Fresh | B | 2021-10-29T23:50:44Z | 2021-10-29 23:50:44 | The isolation of Antlers' small-town, forest-filled setting breeds thrilling tension. |
| 171336 | Dan Murrell | Dan Murrell Reviews | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2021-10-29T23:31:07Z | 2021-10-29 23:31:07 | Antlers is a slow burn that saves most of its terror for the third act, but it's worth it. |
| 171337 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-29T22:40:56Z | 2021-10-29 22:40:56 | This horror tale benefits from interesting characters and performances -- and rather astonishing monster design -- but it suffers from too many cliches and jump-scares as the story wears a bit thin. |
| 171338 | A.A. Dowd | AV Club | Fresh | B- | 2021-10-29T21:21:12Z | 2021-10-29 21:21:12 | Antlers sustains a note of unyielding moroseness through its muted palette and melancholic strings. It's rare to see a monster movie, or a big-studio movie, this relentlessly dour. |
| 171339 | Clarisse Loughrey | Independent (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-29T20:41:08Z | 2021-10-29 20:41:08 | It becomes a muddled collection of ideas, about both inherited trauma and environmental disaster, and increasingly disconnected from the creature at its core. |
| 171340 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Fresh | B- | 2021-10-29T20:41:05Z | 2021-10-29 20:41:05 | Its ambition is commendable, but it leaves a lot of its potential unfulfilled. |
| 171341 | Michael Medved | The Michael Medved Show | Rotten | 1/4 | 2021-10-29T20:31:12Z | 2021-10-29 20:31:12 | A gross-out gore festival that generates disgust more than fright. The real shock here is that credible Hollywood figures had anything to do with this sadistic, stomach-churning crud. |
| 171342 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Fresh | B | 2021-10-29T20:01:31Z | 2021-10-29 20:01:31 | "Antlers" sneaks up on the viewer and though it might detour into repetitiveness, its biggest advantage is how it dissects real world issues, opening the floodgates for genuine terror that proves the only thing we have to fear is ourselves. |
| 171343 | James Verniere | Boston Herald | Fresh | B+ | 2021-10-29T18:11:03Z | 2021-10-29 18:11:03 | Keri Russell leads strong cast in frightening variation on a theme of Algernon Blackwood's The Wendigo. |
| 171344 | Brianna Zigler | Paste Magazine | Rotten | 4.5/10 | 2021-10-29T17:51:09Z | 2021-10-29 17:51:09 | Antlers wants to be an overstuffed analogy for hot-button issues first, and a horror film second. Unfortunately, it can't seem to get either right. |
| 171345 | Matt Conway | Battle Royale With Cheese | Fresh | — | 2021-10-29T17:51:07Z | 2021-10-29 17:51:07 | Director Scott Cooper delves into the genre's nightmare frights while maintaining his sensible thematic touch. |
| 171346 | Craig D. Lindsey | Crooked Marquee | Rotten | C- | 2021-10-29T17:40:54Z | 2021-10-29 17:40:54 | As much as Scott Cooper wants to make Antlers a scary movie with all the familiar fixins, he Scott Coopers Antlers a bit too much to make it officially horrifying. |
| 171347 | Charles Koplinski | Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam | Fresh | 3.5/4.0 | 2021-10-29T17:40:53Z | 2021-10-29 17:40:53 | Without question, the scares "Antlers" contains will rattle you in the moment, but it's the all-too-real subtext that sticks. Often the monsters we carry inside that we allow to continuously haunt us are the ones that are the hardest to face. |
| 171348 | Piers Marchant | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Rotten | 80/100 | 2021-10-29T17:21:05Z | 2021-10-29 17:21:05 | If there were a way to watch the film with the dialogue tracks muted, you would have yourself a pretty extraordinary, darkly atmospheric monster flick; as it is, you have no choice but to suffer through it, along with the actors. |
| 171349 | Alan Zilberman | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-29T17:11:01Z | 2021-10-29 17:11:01 | Despite effective performances and the occasional intense moment, this film cannot decide what it wants to be, which is another way of saying it is unsuccessful twice. |
| 171350 | Taylor Baker | Drink in the Movies | Fresh | 60/100 | 2021-10-29T17:01:17Z | 2021-10-29 17:01:17 | In the story of Cooper's body of work Antlers is undoubtedly a down swing. Other than a few fun jump scares, it never fully capitalizes on its premise nor it's talent. |
| 171351 | Tara Brady | Irish Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-29T16:21:07Z | 2021-10-29 16:21:07 | The screenplay telegraphs, signals and practically takes out billboard advertisements as it moves through its muddle of familial strife and monsters. |
| 171352 | Chris Knight | National Post | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-10-29T15:50:45Z | 2021-10-29 15:50:45 | A supremely disquieting story, its preoccupation with blood and guts elevated by some fine performances. |
| 171353 | Dustin Chase | Galveston Daily News | Fresh | B+ | 2021-10-29T15:30:50Z | 2021-10-29 15:30:50 | Horror- genre fans always yearn for darker, more disturbing stories, and Cooper leans into that notion - but be careful what you ask for. |
| 171354 | Jonathan DeHaan | Nightmare on Film Street | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-10-29T15:30:48Z | 2021-10-29 15:30:48 | Horror fans will be happy to know that Antlers features top-notch practical effects and some of the gnarliest corpses since Matt Hooper was called into Amity Island to investigate a boating accident. |
| 171355 | Oscar Goff | Boston Hassle | Rotten | — | 2021-10-29T14:40:40Z | 2021-10-29 14:40:40 | I went into Antlers hoping for something unique, but left mostly bummed out. |
| 171356 | Mae Abdulbaki | Screen Rant | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-10-29T14:10:45Z | 2021-10-29 14:10:45 | Despite being all over the place, Antlers can be gripping and potently disconcerting, with good character development making up for its pitfalls. |
| 171357 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Fresh | 6/10 | 2021-10-29T13:30:44Z | 2021-10-29 13:30:44 | Once the horror really starts firing on all cylinders, it's quite the gripping experience (including one of the biggest jump scenes I've experienced in years). |
| 171358 | Rafer Guzman | Newsday | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-10-29T13:20:35Z | 2021-10-29 13:20:35 | It lacks the art-house stamp of Robert Eggers' "The Witch" or Ari Aster's "Midsommar," two films that kick-started this trend, but the movie distinguishes itself with a pervasive air of ruin, decay and sorrow. |
| 171359 | Jesse Hassenger | SportsAlcohol | Fresh | B- | 2021-10-29T13:20:34Z | 2021-10-29 13:20:34 | It's a creepy, unsettling, and sometimes quite gnarly genre piece, and probably Cooper's most accomplished movie so far. |
| 171360 | Christian Toto | HollywoodInToto.com | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2021-10-29T13:20:33Z | 2021-10-29 13:20:33 | A strong cast and plenty of intrigue can't save this classy horror entry. |
| 171361 | Leah Greenblatt | Entertainment Weekly | Fresh | B- | 2021-10-29T13:10:31Z | 2021-10-29 13:10:31 | Plemons and Russell are both too fine as actors not to hint at deeper wells for their damaged characters, and the mood is so oppressively well-wrought that the very soul of the movie seems to be made of leaf rot and despair. |
| 171362 | Brian Orndorf | Blu-ray.com | Fresh | B | 2021-10-29T12:40:22Z | 2021-10-29 12:40:22 | Cooper's dedication to a cheerless atmosphere of suffering is impressive, finding a few ways to freshen up the creature feature routine. |
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