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By Anna Smith (519) for Guardian (4,584) on 03 Sep 2014

It all escalates into an arch, knowing throwback to 80s horror-thrillers that's muddled in parts but never less than entertaining…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 03 Sep 2014

Wingard has the technique to pull this homage off, and the sense to build unease from somewhere in the core of America’s psyche…

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By David Hughes (139) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 03 Sep 2014

Mainstream audiences may find this too oddball to appreciate as a straight thriller…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 03 Sep 2014

A set-up rich with metaphorical potential is squandered…

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By Rob Daniel (202) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 03 Sep 2014

Monroe and Meyer lend perfect support as siblings caught in David's web, but this is Stevens' show. Invite him in now…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 02 Sep 2014

You can't help but leave feeling a little underwhelmed, in spite of the fact you had enjoyed yourself for the vast majority of the feature…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Time Out (7,510) on 02 Sep 2014

The Guest is not new, exactly, but Wingard knows just which buttons to push, and he pushes them with gusto. Stevens, meanwhile, has never been better…

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By Matt Glasby (349) for Total Film (3,532) on 31 Aug 2014

Cool as you like one second, camp as Christmas the next, this entertainingly overpumped action-horror will have genre fans (and their mums)…

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By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for MySpace (2) on 28 Aug 2014

I honestly can't remember the last time I had this much fun at the movies, so I'm just gonna come out and say it: This is my favorite movie…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 20 Aug 2014

Wingard's flick is an affectionate knock off - the kind of film that should really be on VHS and three day loan for a pound fifty…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for The List (2,018) on 11 Aug 2014

Stevens visibly relishes every second of his blue-eyed bad boy's screen-time; it's a brilliantly perverse casting coup enhanced by Barrett's…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 26 Jun 2014

The Guest is blood-soaked action trash of a high grade…

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By Cory Everett (35) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Jun 2014

The ensemble is perfectly cast (a rarity for this genre) which helps to make the first half a delightful slow burn instead of a…

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By Don Simpson (18) for Film Threat (5,156) on 18 May 2014

Director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett have really outdone themselves with The Guest, with chilling black comedy and astounding…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for FEARnet (266) on 16 Mar 2014

A dark, slick, and appealing thriller that pulls suspense from some very cool places…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for GeekNation (86) on 28 Jan 2014

A peculiar mix of suspense, humor, violence, and beloved genre tropes…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 20 Jan 2014

So much fun…

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By Dominic Mill (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 19 Jan 2014

Knowingly melodramatic, wonderfully cheesy and all-out bonkers, The Guest is an absolute blast from beginning to end…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 18 Jan 2014

A smart takedown of iffy but commonly held values that forces a civilian family to confront the ethically complicated, though undeniably pragmatic…

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By Erik Davis (66) for Movies.com (1,002) on 18 Jan 2014

A hilariously badass '80s throwback that continually shifts gears and keeps you guessing to the very end…

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