Hunting Matthew Nichols: reviews

What the critics say average 6.5 from 18 outlets

• 9.0 Dread CentralChad Collins 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' is a terrifying love letter to the early-oughts found-footage horror craze. It's seriously scary. Read
• 8.0 The Smash ListLindsay Traves 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' always seems to call its shots, mentioning its cohorts then emulating their style, and Tarasiuk and his team have no doubt sunk their ball. Read
• 8.0 Heaven of HorrorKarina Adelgaard 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' is a horror mockumentary that works extremely well. To me, this just may be the best in this subgenre since 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999). Read
• 7.6 Nightmare on Film StreetJonathan DeHaan 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' isn't a slow burn, it's a slow build. A dynamic (spooky!) blend of True Crime conspiracy and supernatural nightmare. Read
• 7.5 Style WeeklyChuck Bowen This is a rare found-footage horror movie that works as a character study. Read
• 7.5 Aisle SeatMike McGranaghan This low-budget Canadian production doesn't break any new ground - it basically follows the template of 'The Blair Witch Project' - but director Markian Tarasiuk has a few tricks up his sleeve to make it effective. Read
• 7.5 Mark Reviews MoviesMark Dujsik It's sometimes difficult to believe the conventions of this sort of movie, but the filmmakers here have, in a very clever way, worked their way around a lot of those doubts. Read
• 7.0 Culture MixCarla Hay 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' doesn't do anything groundbreaking in the 'found footage' horror genre. However, it's a solidly suspenseful movie about a woman making a documentary about searching for her missing brother. Read
• 7.0 NYC Movie GuruAvi Offer Writer/director Markian Tarasiuk and co-writer Sean Oliver have made a horror "documentary" that doesn't get points for originality, but it's effectively gripping and creepy. Read
• 6.0 Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. Anderson It may not break any new ground, and it's not terribly scary, but this faux documentary horror-thriller still manages to captivate in the way it embraces the power of the unknown. Read
• 6.0 Should I See ItMichael Ward This is an ambitious effort - blending found-footage horror with a true crime documentary style, only to then try to scare the pants off of you. Read
• 6.0 FandomWireSean Boelman Still, it's competent and well-made, which is a lot more than can be said about a lot of modern horror pictures, and thus, this will be satisfying to the genre's biggest devotees. Read
• 6.0 Certified ForgottenMatthew Monagle There are worse things to be than a film that wears its admiration for 'The Blair Witch Project' on its sleeve. Read
• 6.0 HorrorBuzzNorman Gidney 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' is worth the watch for its inventive narrative and layered mystery. Oliver and Tarasiuk craft a believable real-world story that frames well in the quasi-doc/found-footage wheelhouse even if it never fully becomes chillingly believable. Read
• 5.5 Spectrum CultureJosh Goller But despite artful attention to craft and a convincing performance by MacDougall as the singularly focused Tara, everything here feels somewhat trite. Read
• 5.0 VarietyDennis Harvey The result is a competently crafted if unmemorable thriller perhaps most impressive for its off-screen enterprise. Read
• 5.0 Tales from the PaulsidePaul Lê It's very obvious that the filmmaker did his homework. But if you ask me, he may have overstudied. Read
• 2.5 InSession FilmCameron Ritter Overall, 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' is pretty uneven, with an uneventful first half and a final fifteen minutes that are good, but don't quite justify the rest of the film. Read