The Roost 2005

Critics score:
53 / 100

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Janice Page, Boston Globe: West gets an enthusiastic round of applause for trusting his eye for stripped-down horror. Now he needs to complete the picture with writing that shows the same conviction. Read more

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: The Roost, writer-director Ti West's homage to low-budget '70s horror movies, places a premium on tension while taking a fresh bite out of the old vampire-bat tale. Read more

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: The Roost's pacing is so leaden that you long for a pregnant pause, instead of interminable nothingness. Read more

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Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: The Roost was made for about one-hundredth the cost of most Hollywood genre fare and has at least a thousand times the imagination. Read more

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Joshua Land, Village Voice: The director makes the most of the tense slow stretches, with the camera occasionally drifting off in search of action while characters wait in dreadful silence. Read more