Antlers drowns a good monster movie in dour metaphor

Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and Jeremy T. Thomas are all good in "Antlers," Scott Cooper's horror movie. It's scary and gory, but also depressing.

Everything about Antlers, on paper, ticks off the boxes that mark it as one of the year’s most highly anticipated horror movies. Or rather, last year, whe...

What does a boy do when the murderous beast in the attic is his dad? This is a moody, creepy, scary as hell horror story in which dread rules the day and the...

Though its trailer promises a meditation on the nature of storytelling, what it delivers is a serviceable monster film that breaks no new ground.

“Antlers” has a lot on its mind for a horror movie opening two days before Halloween, branching off in too many directions that never quite knit together...

Scott Cooper's film gives us a horrifying monster, but the real frights are the everyday lives of the people in this film.

Read Deadline's review of 'Antlers,' starring Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons. Scott Cooper directed the set in mythical lore of Native American tribes

Yes, antlers are a cliched horror-movie symbol, but be thankful this movie has no EVIL TWIGS in it.

Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons take on deeply disturbing horror film.

Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons are faced with a beast from Native American folklore in Scott Cooper's creature-feature horror. Read the Empire review.

Stars Keri Russel and Jesse Plemons are too smart for a movie more invested in its grim Northwest Gothic mood than a coherent storyline.

Scott Cooper’s first horror film revolves around a teacher trying to help a student who has a very disturbing home life.

Despite measured performances, this much-delayed horror is all appropriation and no power

Keri Russell does what she can in this story about facing a menacing force, in a film somehow sparse and overstuffed all at once. [Review]

Film review: Despite good intentions, this American horror story fails to ignite

Scott Cooper's long-anticipated 'Antlers,' a horror tale set in a remote Oregon town starring Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons, wasn't worth the wait.

A horned entity stalks Keri Russell’s school teacher in director Scott Cooper’s allegorical American horror story.

An environmental parable is tucked inside this gloomy film about a creature that terrorizes a small Oregon town.

A film that may fall short of its potential, but I suspect will find a fan base over the years.

Hand it to “Antlers” director and co-screenwriter Scott Cooper. The guy who finally landed Jeff Bridges his Oscar (“Crazy Heart”) and tried to win Jo...

Scott Cooper’s murky but interesting Antlers gives us a double dose of trauma.

Scott Cooper is comfortable in the mud. The American director routinely finds himself in the confines of the lowdown and dirty, in gritty landscapes with wor...

Antlers’ thematic underpinnings buckle as the story repeatedly opts for gloomy gore over anything approaching substance. It is so superficially produced th...

In this week's reviews, Edgar Wright enters an evocative, giallo-inspired portal to '60s London, horror gets elevated, and Joanna Hogg continues her semi-aut...

Director Scott Cooper’s latest film is a po-faced yet inherently silly horror tale

Scott Cooper's arboreal monster movie is suspenseful and well-acted -- but where's the fun?

Scott Cooper’s new film clumsily tries to graft bigger meaning onto simple bumps in the night.

Produced by Guillermo del Toro, this genre outing from Scott Cooper pairs real-world psychological trauma with fantastical creature effects.