Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite
A teenage séance prank unleashes a mirror-dwelling apparition whose hunger turns youthful bravado into supernatural terror.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- macabre
- ominous
- tense
- late night horror viewing
- halloween movie night
What critics said
Aggregate reception was mixed, suggesting a familiar supernatural horror premise with uneven execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The teenagers draw a door and staircase on a mirror and repeat the Queen of Spades' name three times to summon her.
The Queen of Spades draws power from reflective objects and causes madness or death among those who encounter her.
Four teenagers invoke the entity as a joke, only to face an inexplicable and deadly consequence.
The entity gains energy from mirrors and other reflective objects, making ordinary surfaces sources of dread.
Films like Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite, and why
Ouija
Shared supernatural horror, teenage protagonists, occult ritual, and escalating encounters with a deadly entity.
The Conjuring
Shared youth-centered supernatural horror, cursed-object mythology, and an attempt to summon or contact a malign presence.
The Bride
Shared Russian horror setting, adolescent characters, folklore-inflected supernatural menace, and macabre atmosphere.
Movie Details
- Director
- Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
- Release Date
- 2015-09-10
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (91)
Cast
- Alina Babak
- Valeriya Dmitrieva
- Igor Khripunov
- Evgeniya Loza
- Sergey Pokhodaev
- Valentin Sadiki
- Vladimir Seleznyov
- Mariya Fomina
- Maksim Stoyanov
- Natalia Domeretskaya
Common questions
- What is Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite about?
- A teenage séance prank unleashes a mirror-dwelling apparition whose hunger turns youthful bravado into supernatural terror.
- What is Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite as mild.
- What did critics think of Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite?
- Aggregate reception was mixed, suggesting a familiar supernatural horror premise with uneven execution.
- Which films are like Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite?
- Films with a similar feel include Ouija, The Conjuring, and The Bride.
- How long is Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite?
- Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite runs 94 minutes.
