Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- claustrophobic
- visceral
- halloween night
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found Haunt formulaic but effective, delivering enough thrills, chills, and polished haunted-house suspense to satisfy horror fans.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends enter an extreme haunted house whose maze, trapdoors, masked staff, and staged scares conceal genuine danger.
The attraction promises to feed on the group's darkest fears, turning psychological vulnerabilities into sources of terror.
The film features gore, shotguns, clawhammers, sledgehammers, and nails through feet as the night becomes deadly.
The entire ordeal unfolds on Halloween and draws on haunted-house attraction culture, masks, and seasonal fear rituals.
Films like Haunt, and why
Hell Fest
shared haunted-attraction setting, slasher mechanics, escalating traps, and graphic survival horror
The Houses October Built
shared masked killers, enclosed amusement environment, Halloween atmosphere, and visceral slasher violence
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shared group-survival horror, sadistic perpetrators, claustrophobic escape routes, and torture-horror intensity
Movie Details
- Directors
- Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
- Release Date
- 2019-09-13
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (1426)
Cast
- Katie Stevens
- Will Brittain
- Lauryn McClain
- Shazi Raja
- Andrew Lewis Caldwell
- Schuyler Helford
- Chaney Morrow
- Damian Maffei
- Terri Partyka
- Justin Marxen
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Haunt about?
- A Halloween haunted-house outing becomes a brutal fight for survival when staged scares give way to real masked killers and lethal traps.
- What is Haunt like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Haunt as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Haunt violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Haunt as graphic.
- What did critics think of Haunt?
- Critics broadly found Haunt formulaic but effective, delivering enough thrills, chills, and polished haunted-house suspense to satisfy horror fans.
- Which films are like Haunt?
- Films with a similar feel include Hell Fest, The Houses October Built, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
- How long is Haunt?
- Haunt runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Haunt?
- In United States, Haunt is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
