The Skeptic

The Skeptic (2008)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 31% of users liked it
    (10,184 ratings)

A skeptical attorney moves into a beautiful house with an ominous history, only to experience a series of bizarre and frightening occurrences beyond his comprehension. Bryan Becket (Tim Daly) never believed in the supernatural. When Bryan's aunt dies under mysterious circumstances, he dismisses… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Tennyson Bardwell
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
May 1, 2009 Wide
IFC Films

Critic Reviews

  • Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times

    Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear.

  • David Fear, Time Out New York

    Tennyson Bardwell's pretentious psycho-supernatural flick doesn't even qualify as guilty-pleasure camp. It's the sort of bad movie that will make you lose faith in the genre altogether.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    I'll take a bunch of teenagers terrorized by chain-saw-wielding zombies any day.

  • Frank Lovece, Hollywood Reporter

    Bardwell writes and directs carefully though without inspiration, leaving open the question of whether the house is really haunted.

  • Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice

    A mechanical compendium of anti-skepticism clichés, right down to the obligatory post-realization upchuck.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    This is a pretty good film about a man who has a hidden past, separated from his wife and moves into his dead aunt's house. While living there its very apparent that its haunted and is so because of him, the house holds a secret so what is it? Film is a little creepy in spots,… More

  • Wahida K


    The Plot was very familiar to me. I have seen another Movie with exactly same Story but I cannt remember the title. Well there was tiny bit in the plot and ofcourse the actors, difference but everything else was same.

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    After a mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Brian Becket, (TIm Daly) dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in after deciding to separate from his wife. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something… More

  • Jacob P


    The most slow-paced\boring horror suspense film of all time.

  • Sarah P


    This wasn't scary - not even in the "I'm going to jump because something unexpected pops up on the screen" way. Ehhh.

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