Critic Reviews

• Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

  If it's patchy and derivative it also has a compelling, soapy undertow that kept me watching.

• V.A. Musetto, New York Post

  [Laranas] delivers a maximum of suspense and horror, working wonders with a small budget.

• Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

  This philosophical film helps elevate the film above the usual scared-teenager shocker although, sometimes, the film ignores the bread-and-butter demands of the genre.

• Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

  The film's three-pronged narrative does a fair job of laying a spooky groundwork for the revelatory emotional sadism that lies behind most acts of evil; it just takes a bit of clunky exposition to get there.

• Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

  A powerfully atmospheric blend of ghostly encounters, horrific situations and missing-persons mysteries from the Philippine director Yam Laranas.

• Rob Nelson, Variety

  This low-budget shocker eventually pays off, displaying just enough narrative ingenuity to compensate for a cinematically crude and logistically sketchy deployment of the requisite blood-and-guts mayhem.

• Kofi Outlaw, ScreenRant

  Laranas definitely has the mind and vision for good horror, but still has a bit to go before he can be called a 'master of the genre.'

• Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

  While effectively moody...proves overlong for optimal shock value, with entirely too many dull stretches along the way.

• Glenn Lovell, CinemaDope

  Genre fans beware -- 'The Road' proves a bumpy ride, slow-going, monotonous and, the most unforgivable sin of all, not in the least scary.

• Burl Burlingame, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

  ... Enough rattling thrills for the date-night crowd, and enough story and character for older film buffs to chew on. The ride home afterwards might require your high beams.

• Sam Adams, AV Club

  The Road spends most of its time going in circles, working and reworking a small set of potent images.

• Dustin Putman, DustinPutman.com

  Heavy on atmosphere, but light on substance.

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  For a spell, the film gets by on its unpretentious flair for atmosphere, even its disconcerting nonsensicality.

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