The Guest Quick Movie Reviews

Indyfreak - wrote on 02/27/2018

Dan Stevens commands the screen as a sinister combat veteran that comes to stay at a grieving family's home. The third act gets very silly but the movie remains suspenseful enough.

Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/26/2015

I have to admit, The Guest surprised me. Of course, I should have expected more of a horror angle with Adam Winegard directing. He has delivered on the surprisingly good You're Next as well as segments of the horror anthology films V/H/S, the ABCs of Death and V/H/S 2. While The Guest starts off as a standard "overly-nice guy enters families life" it soon becomes a rather tense thriller. It's clear early on that "David" has issues - but things really ramp up at the end leading to a surprisingly high body count. The film doesn't skimp on the blood (or build-up) and is quite effective. Wingard proves once again he is a fine craftsman at horror - and even throws in some great references to both Halloween and his previous films.

Unknown - wrote on 01/21/2015

'The Guest' is director Wingard's follow-up to the surprisingly fun 'You're Next'. I enjoyed that film for it's simplicity, genre twisting, and willingness to entertain. And I enjoyed this one for all the same reasons. This domestic disturbance story unfolds naturally through it's fast pace and quick character summarizations. No time is wasted, and explanations are kept to a basic minimum. It's not trying to be anything more than an easy entertaining watch. It succeeds at it's purpose.

smeagol - wrote on 12/30/2014

a pretty decent movie about a solider who pretends to be a friend of a familys son who died in action. he ends up staying with them and becoming like one of the family. but he is not what he appears and is seriously bad news . its well acted . and quite a good story for the most part. subtle in its sinister style with the lead up ( the character is very likeable for a lot of the movie). quite dark and brutal when things let loose. overall a decent/good film , it went abit hollywood in the climax but the build up was very good and real. worth watching