Overview
- The Michelle Garza Cervera–directed reimagining premiered on Hulu on October 22 and was reported as the service’s most-streamed movie shortly after release.
- Aggregator tallies show a lukewarm reception, hovering around 45–50% on Rotten Tomatoes and roughly 54 on Metacritic, with new reviews reinforcing the downbeat consensus.
- Recent critiques highlight pacing issues and an unsatisfying climax, even as they single out the two leads as the film’s strongest asset.
- The update shifts the 1992 thriller’s emphasis toward maternal anxiety, gaslighting and class dynamics, with a visible queer subtext noted by reviewers.
- The film carries an R rating for strong bloody violence, with multiple outlets calling out its more graphic turn compared with the original.