“A delectably malleable metaphor movie…”

“A slasher flick that doubles as sex therapy…”

“Riveting to the end is the acrobatic act—physically and emotionally—that Navarrette performs…”

“…a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself.”

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”

“The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.”

“An atheist and a satanist walk into a bone temple…”

“The Substance by way of the Brothers Grimm.”

“A great conceit meets adequate execution…”

“… where del Toro’s gothic instincts flower into full-blown Romanticism.”