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Movie ID: 1117
RT slug: it_ends
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_ends
Release year: 2026
Runtime: 89 mins
Wide release date: 2026-08-28
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: 96%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Alexander Ullom
Writers: Alexander Ullom
Producers: Carrie Carusone, Evan Barber
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-10 11:07:19
Updated: 2026-09-18 16:53:46
A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding.
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Canonical reviews: 132
Canonical fresh: 123
Canonical rotten: 9
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 132 (123/9), 93% (93.182% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-16 15:13:22
Snapshot Tomatometer: 93%
Snapshot review count: 132
Snapshot fresh count: —
Snapshot rotten count: —
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4632 (delta_update)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| NEON | distributor |
| Snoot Entertainment | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phinehas Yoon | — |
| 2 | Akira Jackson | — |
| 3 | Noah Toth | — |
| 4 | Mitchell Cole | — |
| 5 | Alexander Ullom | Screenwriter |
| Batch ID | Status | Mode | Created | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1133 | processed | — | 2026-08-10 11:07:19 | Processed successfully into movie_id=1117 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
| Batch ID | Local Snapshot | UTC Snapshot | Entered % | Entered Count | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4632 | 2026-10-16 10:13:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-16 15:13:22 | 93% | 132 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=132 reviews, 123 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.182%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (132 reviews, 93%). |
| 4235 | 2026-10-01 08:48:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 13:48:43 | 93% | 131 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=131 reviews, 122 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.130%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (131 reviews, 93%). |
| 3934 | 2026-09-23 08:48:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-23 13:48:52 | 93% | 128 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=128 reviews, 119 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.969%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (128 reviews, 93%). |
| 3676 | 2026-09-15 08:38:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-15 13:38:20 | 93% | 127 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=127 reviews, 118 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.913%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (127 reviews, 93%). |
| 3420 | 2026-09-07 08:36:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-07 13:36:33 | 93% | 125 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=125 reviews, 116 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.800%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (125 reviews, 93%). |
| 3374 | 2026-09-04 09:16:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-04 14:16:26 | 93% | 122 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 9 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=9, fresh=8, rotten=1, tomatometer=89%. Net new reviews added=9, fresh=8, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=122 reviews, 113 fresh, 9 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.623%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (122 reviews, 93%). |
| 3347 | 2026-09-03 06:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-03 11:12:35 | 93% | 113 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=113 reviews, 105 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.920%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (113 reviews, 93%). |
| 3259 | 2026-08-31 06:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-31 11:25:48 | 93% | 110 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=110 reviews, 102 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.727%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (110 reviews, 93%). |
| 3258 | 2026-08-30 19:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-31 00:10:39 | 93% | 109 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=109 reviews, 101 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.661%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (109 reviews, 93%). |
| 3253 | 2026-08-30 12:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-30 17:01:16 | 93% | 108 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=108 reviews, 100 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.593%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (108 reviews, 93%). |
| 3249 | 2026-08-30 09:52:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-30 14:52:21 | 93% | 107 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=107 reviews, 99 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.523%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (107 reviews, 93%). |
| 3240 | 2026-08-29 16:34:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-29 21:34:07 | 92% | 106 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=106 reviews, 98 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.453%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (106 reviews, 92%). |
| 3216 | 2026-08-28 17:49:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 22:49:33 | 92% | 105 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=105 reviews, 97 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.381%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (105 reviews, 92%). |
| 3208 | 2026-08-28 15:35:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 20:35:47 | 92% | 103 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=103 reviews, 95 fresh, 8 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.233%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (103 reviews, 92%). |
| 3200 | 2026-08-28 13:52:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 18:52:57 | 93% | 102 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=102 reviews, 95 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.137%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (102 reviews, 93%). |
| 3193 | 2026-08-28 12:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 17:25:13 | 93% | 101 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=101 reviews, 94 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.069%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (101 reviews, 93%). |
| 3189 | 2026-08-28 11:15:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 16:15:14 | 93% | 100 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=100 reviews, 93 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (100 reviews, 93%). |
| 3184 | 2026-08-28 10:45:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 15:45:11 | 93% | 98 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=99 reviews, 92 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.929%). WARNING: entered headline 98 reviews / 93% did not match current canonical totals 99 reviews / 93%. |
| 3177 | 2026-08-28 08:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 13:21:53 | 93% | 96 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=96 reviews, 89 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.708%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (96 reviews, 93%). |
| 3169 | 2026-08-27 19:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 00:51:21 | 93% | 95 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=95 reviews, 88 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.632%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (95 reviews, 93%). |
| 3165 | 2026-08-27 19:22:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-28 00:22:20 | 93% | 95 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=94 reviews, 87 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=93% (92.553%). WARNING: entered headline 95 reviews / 93% did not match current canonical totals 94 reviews / 93%. |
| 3140 | 2026-08-27 12:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-27 17:12:02 | 92% | 93 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=93 reviews, 86 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.473%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (93 reviews, 92%). |
| 3138 | 2026-08-27 11:41:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-27 16:41:28 | 92% | 92 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 85 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.391%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (92 reviews, 92%). |
| 3125 | 2026-08-27 06:43:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-27 11:43:53 | 92% | 91 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 91 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=91, fresh=84, rotten=7, tomatometer=92%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 85 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.391%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (91). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (92%). |
| 3124 | 2026-08-26 22:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-27 03:12:17 | 92% | 91 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 91 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=91, fresh=84, rotten=7, tomatometer=92%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 85 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.391%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (91). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (92%). |
| 3120 | 2026-08-26 19:02:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-27 00:02:06 | 92% | 91 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=92 reviews, 85 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.391%). WARNING: entered headline 91 reviews / 92% did not match current canonical totals 92 reviews / 92%. |
| 3111 | 2026-08-26 15:46:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-26 20:46:25 | 92% | 90 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=90 reviews, 83 fresh, 7 rotten, tomatometer=92% (92.222%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (90 reviews, 92%). |
| 3109 | 2026-08-26 14:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-26 19:51:48 | 92% | 89 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=88 reviews, 82 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.182%). WARNING: entered headline 89 reviews / 92% did not match current canonical totals 88 reviews / 93%. |
| 3106 | 2026-08-26 14:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-26 19:21:28 | 93% | 88 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=88 reviews, 82 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.182%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (88 reviews, 93%). |
| 3100 | 2026-08-26 10:13:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-26 15:13:34 | 93% | 87 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=87 reviews, 81 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.103%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (87 reviews, 93%). |
| 3093 | 2026-08-26 08:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-26 13:31:51 | 93% | 86 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=3, rotten=1, tomatometer=75%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=3, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=86 reviews, 80 fresh, 6 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.023%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (86 reviews, 93%). |
| 3091 | 2026-08-25 15:03:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 20:03:41 | 94% | 82 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=82 reviews, 77 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.902%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (82 reviews, 94%). |
| 3089 | 2026-08-25 14:05:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 19:05:45 | 94% | 81 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=81 reviews, 76 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.827%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (81 reviews, 94%). |
| 3087 | 2026-08-25 13:31:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 18:31:11 | 94% | 79 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=79 reviews, 74 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.671%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (79 reviews, 94%). |
| 3083 | 2026-08-25 11:32:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 16:32:04 | 94% | 78 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=78 reviews, 73 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.590%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (78 reviews, 94%). |
| 3074 | 2026-08-25 08:24:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-25 13:24:32 | 94% | 77 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=77 reviews, 72 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.506%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (77 reviews, 94%). |
| 3071 | 2026-08-24 16:58:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-24 21:58:29 | 93% | 75 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=75 reviews, 70 fresh, 5 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (75 reviews, 93%). |
| 3050 | 2026-08-24 07:07:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-24 12:07:24 | 95% | 73 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=73 reviews, 69 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.521%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (73 reviews, 95%). |
| 3045 | 2026-08-23 11:38:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-23 16:38:57 | 94% | 70 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=70 reviews, 66 fresh, 4 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.286%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (70 reviews, 94%). |
| 3015 | 2026-08-23 09:03:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-23 14:03:21 | 96% | 69 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=69 reviews, 66 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.652%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (69 reviews, 96%). |
| 3003 | 2026-08-21 18:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 23:40:24 | 96% | 68 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=68 reviews, 65 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.588%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (68 reviews, 96%). |
| 2999 | 2026-08-21 17:40:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 22:40:24 | 96% | 67 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=67 reviews, 64 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.522%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (67 reviews, 96%). |
| 2982 | 2026-08-21 15:39:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 20:39:09 | 95% | 64 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=64 reviews, 61 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.313%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (64 reviews, 95%). |
| 2970 | 2026-08-21 10:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 15:25:09 | 95% | 62 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=62 reviews, 59 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.161%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (62 reviews, 95%). |
| 2960 | 2026-08-21 09:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 14:25:09 | 95% | 60 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=60 reviews, 57 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (60 reviews, 95%). |
| 2954 | 2026-08-21 08:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 13:50:11 | 95% | 58 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=4, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=4, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=58 reviews, 55 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=95% (94.828%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (58 reviews, 95%). |
| 2951 | 2026-08-20 20:34:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 01:34:08 | 94% | 54 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=54 reviews, 51 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.444%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (54 reviews, 94%). |
| 2940 | 2026-08-20 16:14:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 21:14:10 | 94% | 53 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=53 reviews, 50 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.340%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (53 reviews, 94%). |
| 2931 | 2026-08-20 15:14:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 20:14:10 | 94% | 51 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=51 reviews, 48 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.118%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (51 reviews, 94%). |
| 2925 | 2026-08-20 13:14:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 18:14:10 | 94% | 50 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=50 reviews, 47 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (50 reviews, 94%). |
| 2923 | 2026-08-20 12:44:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 17:44:10 | 94% | 49 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=49 reviews, 46 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.878%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (49 reviews, 94%). |
| 2918 | 2026-08-20 10:19:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 15:19:09 | 94% | 48 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=48 reviews, 45 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.750%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (48 reviews, 94%). |
| 2912 | 2026-08-20 09:14:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 14:14:10 | 94% | 47 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=47 reviews, 44 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.617%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (47 reviews, 94%). |
| 2910 | 2026-08-20 08:44:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-20 13:44:08 | 93% | 46 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=46 reviews, 43 fresh, 3 rotten, tomatometer=93% (93.478%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (46 reviews, 93%). |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290183 | Matt Glasby | Radio Times | Fresh | 4/5 | Oct 8, 2026 | 2026-10-08 17:00:00 | The real danger, Ullom suggests, isn't physical but existential - this is not about how to survive life's endless endurance test, but why bother - and his conclusions push towards the profound. |
| 284754 | JD Duran | InSession Film | Fresh | B+ | 2026-09-29T16:48:40.000Z | 2026-09-29 16:48:40 | It wonderfully rides this line between opaqueness and lucidity. It doesn't hold your hand or provide much world building, yet the film's motives and themes are clear. |
| 284755 | Ryan Syrek | The Reader (Omaha, NE) | Fresh | A- | 2026-09-25T12:40:48.000Z | 2026-09-25 12:40:48 | In the same way that Backrooms felt like an intergenerational condemnation, this film feels like an honest attempt to reveal the terror that older folks are too casually dismissing in younger folks. |
| 284756 | Sarah Gopaul | Imagery at the Movies | Fresh | — | 2026-09-25T00:26:07.000Z | 2026-09-25 00:26:07 | There’s no attempt to extend or complicate the relatively simple plot. First-time writer-director Alex Ullom presents a straightforward yet mildly compelling narrative with a hint of 'The Twilight Zone' peeping between the lines. |
| 277051 | Gaius Bolling | Geek Vibes Nation | Fresh | 8.5/10 | 2026-09-18T14:22:46.000Z | 2026-09-18 14:22:46 | When it's all said and done, the scariest notion at the center of It Ends is life and the fear that you might just get some of it wrong along the way. |
| 270168 | Casey Chong | Casey's Movie Mania | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-15T07:04:15.000Z | 2026-09-15 07:04:15 | Alexander Ullom’s solid debut feature explores the existential dread of a metaphorical road to nowhere. |
| 270169 | Lyra Hale | Fangirlish | Fresh | A | 2026-09-08T21:06:32.000Z | 2026-09-08 21:06:32 | "the kind of movie that gives you an existential crisis on top of the horror show we’re currently living in 2026" |
| 258829 | Kristy Puchko | Mashable | Fresh | — | 2026-09-05T00:19:32.000Z | 2026-09-05 00:19:32 | It Ends will silently pose the questions through James and his friends' harrowing journey. But its up to each audience member to find the meaning themselves. |
| 258830 | Glen Weldon | Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) | Fresh | — | 2026-09-04T19:56:20.000Z | 2026-09-04 19:56:20 | In terms of the writing, it was remarkably restrained. I really liked that. It is very smart about the human tendency to impute everything. |
| 258831 | Aisha Harris | Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) | Fresh | — | 2026-09-04T19:49:48.000Z | 2026-09-04 19:49:48 | As opposed to Backrooms, I think this is much more intellectually and emotionally probing, even if it doesn't necessarily reveal all that much about why exactly this is happening. |
| 258684 | Jim Schembri | jimschembri.com | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-09-04T11:41:20.000Z | 2026-09-04 11:41:20 | A fabulously inventive micro-budget horror thriller...An excellent example of a talented filmmaker (debut writer/director Alexander Ullom) squeezing as much as possible from a great idea with very limited production values. |
| 258685 | Simon Miraudo | Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-04T02:04:50.000Z | 2026-09-04 02:04:50 | The hamster wheel of adulthood gets ironed out into an endless road with this witty thriller that riffs on both No Exit and Reality Bites. Phinehas Yoon is utterly fantastic. |
| 258686 | Nicolás Delgadillo | Knotfest | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T20:57:12.000Z | 2026-09-03 20:57:12 | One of the most profound horror movies of the year. |
| 258687 | Dennis Harvey | 48 Hills | Rotten | — | 2026-09-03T20:07:28.000Z | 2026-09-03 20:07:28 | It Ends has a confident, admirably unfussy approach to its fantastical conceit... Yet I didn’t find these still-immature youths terribly interesting, their company as well as the narrative growing repetitious after a while. |
| 258688 | Kimber Myers | Crooked Marquee | Fresh | B | 2026-09-03T19:47:09.000Z | 2026-09-03 19:47:09 | Ullom hasn’t made the horror movie that its marketing might suggest, but he has created something more interesting than most low-budget debuts in the genre. |
| 258689 | Sam Adams | Slate | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T19:05:52.000Z | 2026-09-03 19:05:52 | It Ends creeps up on you, works its way into your bones. It feels for stretches like little is happening, and you’re lulled by its rhythms, the steady drone of tires on infinite asphalt. |
| 258690 | Cris Kennedy | Inner East Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-09-03T17:48:54.000Z | 2026-09-03 17:48:54 | It's a terrific premise for characters this age. |
| 258691 | Joe Friar | Fort Worth Report | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T16:05:05.000Z | 2026-09-03 16:05:05 | At times fascinating as the three passengers discover the rules of this road trip from hell. You won't get many answers, but you will get terrific performances. |
| 258692 | Anna Hoang | Boston Hassle | Fresh | — | 2026-09-03T12:43:29.000Z | 2026-09-03 12:43:29 | They don’t make badges of valor for making it through the day, but if it could, IT ENDS would break off a piece of the crown for everyone who’s made it through. |
| 258598 | Andiee Paviour | Nobody's Reading This But Me | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-03T06:35:02.000Z | 2026-09-03 06:35:02 | The outwardly mundane is a portal to horror in film-maker Alexander Ullom’s deeply disturbing debut. |
| 258599 | Kiko Martinez | The Cinesnob Podcast | Fresh | B | 2026-09-03T06:13:47.000Z | 2026-09-03 06:13:47 | Its lean runtime and Twilight Zone-like ambiguity make it one of the more effective entries in the current wave of Gen-Z horror. |
| 258600 | Deirdre Crimmins | That Shelf | Fresh | — | 2026-09-02T23:11:55.000Z | 2026-09-02 23:11:55 | It Ends... both shouts and whispers its horrors at the audience. It’s uneasy and oddly comforting at the same time, much like life itself. |
| 254513 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Fresh | B | 2026-08-31T00:47:38.000Z | 2026-08-31 00:47:38 | A slow-burning psychological horror movie in which its quartet of twenty-something protagonists get trapped on an unendingly nihilistic road trip. It’s Sartre on asphalt. |
| 254512 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2026-08-30T23:11:57.000Z | 2026-08-30 23:11:57 | ...a fairly limited premise that is, surprisingly enough, employed to consistently watchable (albeit undeniably repetitive) effect by Ullom... |
| 254506 | Sarah Vincent | Sarah G Vincent Views | Fresh | — | 2026-08-30T16:31:08.000Z | 2026-08-30 16:31:08 | Writer and director Alex Ullom uses the road as a metaphor for life, but just because it is honest does not mean that you will find the experience worth your time. Mileage may vary. Oh, and it is psychological horror with the horror almost negligible. |
| 254502 | Jess Saunders | MovieJawn | Fresh | — | 2026-08-30T13:42:23.000Z | 2026-08-30 13:42:23 | IT ENDS is a mysterious, suspenseful, and engaging ride. |
| 254482 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-29T20:18:34.000Z | 2026-08-29 20:18:34 | There’s not a lot of overt violence in "It Ends" — the R rating is for the copious F-bombs — and it’s part of Ullom’s cleverness that he can generate tension and surprise just by showing how far these four characters will go on this nightmare journey. |
| 254436 | Brogan Luke Bouwhuis | InBetweenDrafts | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-08-28T22:33:21.000Z | 2026-08-28 22:33:21 | "Most filmmakers go their entire careers without ever making a feature this nuanced and self-assured, so seeing Ullom do it on his first try is absolutely remarkable." |
| 254437 | Michael J. Casey | Metro Arts | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-28T21:55:53.000Z | 2026-08-28 21:55:53 | While the road—what it is or what it’s meant to symbolize—is the talking point of "It Ends," it’s the characters that make the movie work. |
| 254424 | Chuck Bowen | Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | Rotten | — | 2026-08-28T20:04:04.000Z | 2026-08-28 20:04:04 | Sometimes, a road to nowhere is just a road to nowhere. |
| 254410 | Erik Childress | Movie Madness Podcast | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-28T18:10:54.000Z | 2026-08-28 18:10:54 | While sizing up the existential young adult terror on a road to nowhere I think anyone who finds a daily routine leading to just about nothing will relate with their own sense of dread. |
| 254400 | DarkSkyLady | DarkSkyLady Reviews | Fresh | — | 2026-08-28T16:47:22.000Z | 2026-08-28 16:47:22 | It Ends delivers an unforgettable freshman directorial outing with a cast that does justice to the story, a discomfort that remains after the credits roll and a simple answer that maybe the only purpose or value anything has is what we ascribe to it. |
| 254394 | Matthew Jackson | Pop Heist | Fresh | — | 2026-08-28T15:41:51.000Z | 2026-08-28 15:41:51 | Alexander Ullom's directorial debut deserves to rank among the best first horror films in recent memory thanks to a remarkable clarity of vision, and remarkable commitment to the nightmarish, endless hum of the wheels beneath its engine. |
| 254375 | Rain Jokinen | MullingMovies.com | Fresh | — | 2026-08-28T15:30:22.000Z | 2026-08-28 15:30:22 | Writer and director Alexander Ullom manages to turn what could have been cinema's most repetitive road movie into something original and thought provoking. |
| 254376 | Richard Whittaker | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-28T15:22:39.000Z | 2026-08-28 15:22:39 | While the eternal nature of the road in It Ends seems to be a curse, the open-ended nature of its discussion of purpose may turn out to be its biggest blessing. |
| 254377 | Joshua M. Patton | CBR | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-08-28T14:54:04.000Z | 2026-08-28 14:54:04 | While It Ends delivers twists and surprises, it's not the kind of story that relies on such things. Rather, it is the kind of film that becomes more rewarding with repeated viewings. |
| 254361 | Alex Maidy | JoBlo's Movie Network | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-08-28T12:15:09.000Z | 2026-08-28 12:15:09 | A strong debut from writer/director Alexander Ullom and a movie that will certainly please fans of the style of horror on the big screen this summer. |
| 254337 | Jonathan W. Hickman | The Newnan Times-Herald | Fresh | 6/10 | 2026-08-28T00:08:28.000Z | 2026-08-28 00:08:28 | “It Ends” turns the open road into a Gen-Z circle of Hell: four friends, one car and the terrible possibility that forward motion is not the same thing as progress. |
| 254332 | Robert Denerstein | Denerstein Unleashed | Fresh | — | 2026-08-27T23:15:08.000Z | 2026-08-27 23:15:08 | As an exercise in low-budget, indie creativity, It Ends earns a high score, but the movie continues to the point where we, like the characters, begin to feel beaten down. |
| 254295 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Fresh | B | 2026-08-27T16:45:06.000Z | 2026-08-27 16:45:06 | Sooner or later, we all reach our destination. With remarkable economy and an impressively unsettling command of its simple premise, "It Ends" asks a far more frightening question: What if we didn’t? |
| 254293 | Jason Shawhan | Nashville Scene | Fresh | — | 2026-08-27T16:23:57.000Z | 2026-08-27 16:23:57 | Those are the rules in Alex Ullom’s 'It Ends,' an upsetting little ice pick of existential horror that quite frankly wrecked my day. |
| 254258 | Sean Burns | Spliced Personality (Substack) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T23:12:59.000Z | 2026-08-26 23:12:59 | The second half is much stronger than the first, after it stops trying to be a horror movie and becomes more of a philosophical argument. |
| 254259 | Chase Hutchinson | Seattle Times | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-26T22:45:36.000Z | 2026-08-26 22:45:36 | "It Ends," the phenomenal feature debut from writer-director Alexander Ullom, is an incision into a raw nerve. |
| 254233 | Abbie Bernstein | Assignment X | Fresh | B+ | 2026-08-26T20:21:18.000Z | 2026-08-26 20:21:18 | It’s for people who want something to think and talk about, and probably most of all for those who comprehend and agree with its conclusions. |
| 254234 | Peter Keough | Arts Fuse | Rotten | — | 2026-08-26T19:37:36.000Z | 2026-08-26 19:37:36 | For a more elegant and effective feature-length rendition of a similar scenario, check out Dane Elcar’s 2022 gem Brightwood. |
| 254224 | Dino-Ray Ramos | DIASPORA | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T18:44:54.000Z | 2026-08-26 18:44:54 | It Ends is an elevated B-movie, drenched in anxiety, depression, desperation, and sometimes unexpected humor...All I know is that I will never take another Cliff Bar for granted ever again. |
| 254217 | Nick Rogers | Midwest Film Journal | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-08-26T14:17:29.000Z | 2026-08-26 14:17:29 | Set aside feints at straight-ahead horror that don't quite work and "It Ends" is a a compelling consideration of connection we crave but often take for granted or fumble altogether. |
| 254122 | Rob Thomas | Not That Rob Thomas (Substack) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-26T12:58:45.000Z | 2026-08-26 12:58:45 | It’s more of an existential thriller in the vein of Gus Van Sant’s "Gerry," where the suspense comes not from the fear that something is around the next corner, but the fear that nothing is around the next corner. |
| 254123 | Brett Arnold | Yahoo.com | Rotten | — | 2026-08-26T11:45:11.000Z | 2026-08-26 11:45:11 | There may be enough meat on the bone for an episode of "The Twilight Zone," but it bored me at feature length. |
| 254124 | Valerie Complex | The Nerds of Color | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T02:33:23.000Z | 2026-08-26 02:33:23 | For a movie about people going nowhere, It Ends has quite a bit to say about moving on. |
| 254125 | Chrishaun Baker | Inverse | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T00:32:36.000Z | 2026-08-26 00:32:36 | A brisk, youthful-minded indie horror flick that has fought tooth and nail to get to theaters... bucks simple classification and easy answers as hard as the increasingly incomprehensible world around us. |
| 254120 | Allie Gregory | Exclaim! | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-08-25T19:24:07.000Z | 2026-08-25 19:24:07 | Despite its relegation to the horror genre, It Ends is much more a psychological thriller. |
| 254117 | David Sims | The Atlantic | Fresh | — | 2026-08-25T18:43:39.000Z | 2026-08-25 18:43:39 | It Ends thrives on an utter lack of information about what is happening and why. The terror of liminality is how effortlessly it evokes the creepiness of a bad dream, the kind that begins in the middle of the story and seems just off. |
| 254118 | Coleman Spilde | Salon.com | Fresh | — | 2026-08-25T18:33:47.000Z | 2026-08-25 18:33:47 | While those seeking an entertaining thriller will no doubt be pleased by the movie’s swift 89-minute runtime and purposeful plotting, audiences wanting -- maybe even aching for -- true profundity will find delight in peeling back the layers. |
| 254115 | Lisa Laman | Land of the Nerds | Fresh | — | 2026-08-25T17:34:13.000Z | 2026-08-25 17:34:13 | Misery for these four poor, crestfallen souls does at least translate into a memorably haunting cinematic experience for viewers. |
| 254110 | Damian Danemann | AwardsWatch | Fresh | B | 2026-08-25T15:56:05.000Z | 2026-08-25 15:56:05 | Upon its pivot from straightforward mystery-horror into a more tonally dramatic road trip film, the film escapes the common pitfall of the concept-driven new wave of horror to depend too much on allegory and shock to sustain unsurprising set-ups. |
| 254081 | Tim Cogshell | Alt Film Guide | Fresh | — | 2026-08-25T00:31:30.000Z | 2026-08-25 00:31:30 | 3 Clearly inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, with an added dose of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, screenwriter-director Alexander Ullom’s horror road movie will have viewers alternately puzzled, unsettled, and wondering about their own destination, if any. |
| 254082 | Elizabeth Weitzman | Time Out | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-24T23:04:33.000Z | 2026-08-24 23:04:33 | By minute 60, you may start wondering if this would have made a great short. Then again, the actors, all unknowns, bring impressive depth to their modestly-sketched characters. |
| 254075 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-24T20:57:41.000Z | 2026-08-24 20:57:41 | A delectably malleable metaphor movie... |
| 254076 | Jason Adams | Pajiba | Rotten | — | 2026-08-24T20:42:21.000Z | 2026-08-24 20:42:21 | For a film aiming at generational profundities, It Ends is far more pedestrian than its Godot-ian road-trip’s airs let on. |
| 253973 | Sara Clements | Marmalade Matinee (Medium) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-24T04:06:40.000Z | 2026-08-24 04:06:40 | It builds a rich portrait of friendship — the kind horror ensembles usually skip in favor of the next jump scare. |
| 253974 | Elliott Collins | Movie Files | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-23T21:33:13.000Z | 2026-08-23 21:33:13 | A thoughtful, ambitious debut with confident direction, strong performances and compelling ideas about adulthood, friendship and existential dread, even if its underdeveloped characters kept me from fully connecting emotionally. |
| 253975 | Amelia Emberwing | Daily Dead | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-23T20:16:54.000Z | 2026-08-23 20:16:54 | Because It Ends is a stripped bare kind of story, relying more on a bare bones minimalistic approach rather than coming at your senses from all directions, the film lives and dies by Ullom’s visuals and the small cast’s performances. All are great. |
| 253968 | Andrew Parker | The Gate | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-08-23T15:53:55.000Z | 2026-08-23 15:53:55 | I wouldn’t say that I was bored by It Ends, but rather that I was apathetic towards the situation, which is arguably worse, but in a weird post-ironic way that might’ve been the point of this exercise. |
| 249656 | Courtney Small | Cinema Axis | Fresh | — | 2026-08-23T00:45:21.000Z | 2026-08-23 00:45:21 | It Ends is a thrilling and wildly original work that worms its way into one’s mind. |
| 249635 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T22:58:38.000Z | 2026-08-21 22:58:38 | Haunting, absorbing, and occasionally funny, It Ends puts a creative spin on a horror story concept about people trapped in situation they can't seem to escape. This movie (about a seemingly endless road trip) will keep most viewers in suspense. |
| 249629 | Scott Collura | IGN Movies | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-08-21T22:13:17.000Z | 2026-08-21 22:13:17 | It Ends, the latest indie-horror-thriller-that-could, is both creepy and amusing thanks to its likable cast and filmmaker Alexander Ullom’s ability to exploit minimal resources to maximum effect. |
| 249630 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T21:59:12.000Z | 2026-08-21 21:59:12 | In a perfect world, Ullom’s extraordinary riff on fear, loathing, and postcollegiate rootlessness would reap the same reception and box-office returns as Obsession and Backrooms. |
| 249631 | Peter Travers | The Travers Take | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-21T21:44:22.000Z | 2026-08-21 21:44:22 | Here’s the one shining movie original you have to see right now. Alexander Ullom’s dazzling debut is a Gen Z scarefest that gets you going by going nowhere and that’s some kind of miracle. |
| 248311 | Owen Myers | Guardian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-21T19:53:51.000Z | 2026-08-21 19:53:51 | If Sartre famously said that hell is other people, It Ends seems to suggest that they might be able to save us too. |
| 248312 | Reuben Baron | Reactor | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T19:12:58.000Z | 2026-08-21 19:12:58 | I’m not particularly wowed by it because it’s so simple and because I’ve seen similar things before—but if this is your first time with this kind of thing, it’s a ride worth taking. |
| 248287 | Jared Mobarak | Hey, Have You Seen ...? | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-08-21T14:44:03.000Z | 2026-08-21 14:44:03 | Regardless of whether they are correct, however, none of them regret their choice. And that’s truly all you can ask. Maybe this is a nightmare you must escape. Maybe it’s the escape you didn’t know you needed. |
| 248288 | Matthew Passantino | Big Picture Big Sound | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-21T14:27:35.000Z | 2026-08-21 14:27:35 | "It Ends" is an exercise in atmosphere and style and from that perspective, Ullom has succeeded in his debut feature. |
| 247440 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T14:09:53.000Z | 2026-08-21 14:09:53 | Some clever turns fuel the nightmarish road to nowhere in this unsettling dystopian thriller that subverts genre tropes and eschews jump scares in favor of deeper psychological terror. |
| 247441 | Peyton Robinson | RogerEbert.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-21T13:43:04.000Z | 2026-08-21 13:43:04 | Testing the resilience of your serotonin levels and the durability of your existential faith, it is not a horror film in the traditional sense, but is definitively perturbing in portraying just how fatiguing optimism can be. |
| 247413 | BJ Colangelo | Slashfilm | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-08-21T13:17:28.000Z | 2026-08-21 13:17:28 | "It Ends" has all the makings of a survival horror thriller. But when the drive continues on, and on, and on, Ullom's film reveals itself to be something far more interesting. |
| 247414 | Maitland McDonagh | MaitlandOnMovies (Substack) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T12:33:50.000Z | 2026-08-21 12:33:50 | [S]ubverts the American road movie’s traditional promise of freedom. Whereas the highway in films usually suggests escape, self-invention or at least the possibility of elsewhere-ness, [this] offers ... a riposte to the mythology of American mobility. |
| 247415 | Karina Adelgaard | Heaven of Horror | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-21T08:19:49.000Z | 2026-08-21 08:19:49 | I enjoyed the pacing, the escalation and evolution of the plot, and how it’s character-driven. As always, you have to somehow root for these people. Otherwise, you won’t care what happens to them. Well, I rooted for all of them, which means... |
| 247416 | James Preston Poole | Discussing Film | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-08-21T03:13:41.000Z | 2026-08-21 03:13:41 | In an already stacked year for horror movies, Alexander Ullom’s It Ends proves to be one of the most terrifying and wildly original. |
| 247400 | William Bibbiani | TheWrap | Fresh | — | 2026-08-21T00:52:46.000Z | 2026-08-21 00:52:46 | It’s profoundly troubling and all the more powerful for its simplicity. |
| 247388 | Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2026-08-20T20:59:38.000Z | 2026-08-20 20:59:38 | It’s a neat concept that wears a little thin after a while, but it’s a movie that shows promise not only in Ullom’s ability to create a sustained, ominous mood, but in his eye for casting a group of talented and essentially unknown actors. |
| 247389 | Andrea Chase | Killer Movie Reviews | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-20T20:50:57.000Z | 2026-08-20 20:50:57 | The premise is esoteric, but the execution is psychologically rich and compelling thanks to performances from the four leads that delve rich emotional depths and entirely recognizable human foibles. |
| 246386 | Alissa Wilkinson | New York Times | Fresh | — | 2026-08-20T19:44:18.000Z | 2026-08-20 19:44:18 | It Ends, on the other hand, is about something less individually horrifying, more systemically ghastly: finally taking the on-ramp to adulthood, only to discover that what you’ve worked for your whole life, until now, is unblinking, unchanging monotony. |
| 246376 | Matt Goldberg | Commentary Track (Ghost.io) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-20T17:54:12.000Z | 2026-08-20 17:54:12 | Alex Ullom takes a simple premise and pushes it to maximum effect in his captivating thriller. |
| 246374 | Michael Nordine | Movie Brief | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-20T17:10:27.000Z | 2026-08-20 17:10:27 | Forms a recursive loop alongside Exit 8 and Backrooms in its portrayal of a uniquely nightmarish dread: the growing awareness that the liminal space you’re in appears to go on forever with no offramp in sight. |
| 246369 | Ben Wasserman | Film-Forward.com | Fresh | B | 2026-08-20T14:52:20.000Z | 2026-08-20 14:52:20 | It Ends might not be a time loop movie in the traditional sense, but it succeeds in creating a metatextual angle to the question of what these kinds of traps mean within an existential nightmare. |
| 246361 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-20T13:59:33.000Z | 2026-08-20 13:59:33 | It Ends ... initially uses the gimmick for some straightforward horror but gradually reveals it has bigger ... things on its mind. |
| 246358 | Joseph Robinson | Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-08-20T12:55:06.000Z | 2026-08-20 12:55:06 | The endless highway isn't the only thing that drags—It Ends is a frustrating, theme-heavy experiment that overstays its welcome. |
| 246359 | Edward Douglas | The Weekend Warrior (Substack) | Fresh | 7.5/10 | 2026-08-20T12:28:28.000Z | 2026-08-20 12:28:28 | Goes into unexpected directions, mostly in terms of the character dynamics, while dealing with this sort of situation. |
| 246334 | John Odette | Pop Culture Leftovers | Fresh | — | 2026-08-20T02:03:54.000Z | 2026-08-20 02:03:54 | The Gen-Z Twilight Zone We Didn’t Know We Needed |
| 246330 | Randy Myers | San Jose Mercury News | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-19T22:42:15.000Z | 2026-08-19 22:42:15 | It’s yet another example of a newcomer with a fresh voice and clear vision who’s steering horror films into exciting, existential directions. |
| 244859 | Robin Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B- | 2026-08-19T18:38:36.000Z | 2026-08-19 18:38:36 | Being in a car, on an endless road driving days on end, never getting tired or hungry and never running out of gas. We should be hearing Rod Serling say, "You’ve entered the ‘Twilight Zone.’" |
| 244860 | Amy Nicholson | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2026-08-19T18:23:12.000Z | 2026-08-19 18:23:12 | Bursting through the confinements of movie logic, "It Ends" untrains audiences out of their certainty that every crisis has a solution. Does it even matter what they do? |
| 244854 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-19T17:27:24.000Z | 2026-08-19 17:27:24 | A breathtaking work of existential horror, unsettling because of the questions it raises. |
| 244822 | Todd Gilchrist | Fangoria | Fresh | — | 2026-08-19T16:25:47.000Z | 2026-08-19 16:25:47 | Ullom’s work follows in the footsteps of recent hits like Obsession and Backrooms by reminding audiences that horror movies don’t need a lot of money if their ideas are big enough. |
| 244797 | Joey Magidson | Awards Radar | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-19T06:12:43.000Z | 2026-08-19 06:12:43 | It Ends gets a lot of mileage out of an impossible premise. |
| 244751 | Brian Eggert | Deep Focus Review | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-08-18T19:53:58.000Z | 2026-08-18 19:53:58 | The movie is narratively indeterminate by design. That may frustrate some and intrigue others. Either way, Ullom’s filmmaking is confident, and his premise is admirably obscure, making this, and whatever he does next, worth seeking out. |
| 244752 | Fred Topel | United Press International | Fresh | — | 2026-08-18T18:57:09.000Z | 2026-08-18 18:57:09 | Like Backrooms and Obsession earlier this summer, It Ends, in theaters Friday, showcases a new filmmaker executing a concept with depth using minimal means. With four characters and one location, It Ends terrifies, shocks and inspires despair. |
| 244753 | Chris Joyce | Movies and Munchies (YouTube) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-18T18:07:32.000Z | 2026-08-18 18:07:32 | The writing is smart, creating depth without barraging us with obvious and preachy messaging. The filming is also beautifully captured, using nature’s simplicity to craft a foreboding atmosphere where all sorts of terrors lurk just out of view. |
| 244754 | Brian Orndorf | Blu-ray.com | Fresh | B- | 2026-08-18T18:00:54.000Z | 2026-08-18 18:00:54 | Ullom doesn’t construct a swell of suspense to really support the viewing experience, but he scores with ideas and various points of pressure on the foursome as they battle against the melting of their minds. |
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