The Visit (2015)
No one loves you like your grandparents.
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 10 September 2015 |
| Genre | Horror |
| Director | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Starring | Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould and Deanna Dunagan |
| Runtime | 94 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 5.9/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 68% · Metacritic 55/100 · TMDB users 6.3/10 |
| Budget | $5 million |
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What kind of watch this is
M. Night Shyamalan directs this 94-minute horror film, and the tension builds not through jump scares but through the suffocating comfort of a family dinner. The hook is the tagline itself: no one loves you like your grandparents. That affection becomes the weapon. The film relies on the specific dread of a closed room where the people you trust most are hiding something vast. It is a study in patience, where the quiet moments carry more weight than any loud noise. If you can handle the silence, the ending will rearrange your understanding of the whole week.
What the critics said
Critics leaned positive, though the numbers show hesitation. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 68% as of January 2025, with an average rating of 5.9/10 from October 2021. Metacritic lands on 55 out of 100 as of January 2026, a score it files under mixed or average. Scott Mendelson of Forbes called it a "deliciously creepy and funny little triumph." Not everyone felt the warmth. Mark Kermode in The Observer asked if it was a horror film or a comedy, concluding only an "endurance test" adequately describes the shenanigans.
What came next for the cast
Peter McRobbie arrived with a resume that included Spider-Man 2 and Brokeback Mountain, then moved to Eileen. Ed Oxenbould bounced from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day to Better Watch Out. Deanna Dunagan moved from Unforgettable to Stillwater. The credits list what followed, not what caused it. Sometimes a film is just a door that happens to open.
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Sources
- The Visit on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q18386312 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Visit (2015 American film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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