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  • 2023
  • PG-13
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  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
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  • 1 h 39 m
It Lives Inside

Summary Sam is desperate to fit in at school, rejecting her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. When a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage in order to defeat it.

Directed By: Bishal Dutta

Written By: Ashish Mehta, Bishal Dutta

In Theaters Now
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Neon
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • Neon
  • 1 h 39 m
It Lives Inside
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
50
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
4.3
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Summary Sam is desperate to fit in at school, rejecting her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. When a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage in order to defeat it.

Directed By: Bishal Dutta

Written By: Ashish Mehta, Bishal Dutta

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
50
13% Positive
2 Reviews
80% Mixed
12 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
50
13% Positive
2 Reviews
80% Mixed
12 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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70
Sep 22, 2023
Proving her own star quality, a committed Suri guides Sam through a journey of identity and final-girl heroics that brings satisfying healing to her strained relationship with her mother.
By Jen Yamato FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 22, 2023
It Lives Inside knows you can use the cover of monsters and things that go bump in your psyche to examine the real-life horrors. But when the message starts to eclipse the medium, it’s time to get out.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 20, 2023
When the first-time director Bishal Dutta does try to add freshness to the familiarity of formula, he manages to carve his film its own place within two overstuffed subgenres, flashes of intrigue as he veers between schlocky curse and even schlockier monster movie.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 22, 2023
The film’s disparate elements and overarching themes don’t entirely come together by the end, leaving the story’s emotional throughline weakened as a result.
By Mae Abdulbaki FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 20, 2023
It Lives Inside is still a welcome respite from the other long-in-the-tooth horror franchises populating theaters this time of year in that it’s just something new – new faces, new themes, a promising filmmaker to watch – but I wish it would have embraced more of the things that make it unique as opposed to trying to fit in with its genre brethren.
By Lindsey Bahr FULL REVIEW
42
Sep 20, 2023
A litany of jolt-focused dream sequences do little to escalate the tension or advance the plot, and Dutta — making his feature directorial debut — hasn’t developed a deep enough skill set for the scares to be as specific to his movie as Sam’s fears are to her immigrant experience.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 15, 2023
The film views its main character’s culture, as well as her struggles to suppress her identity in order to fit into her suburban world, with a nonchalance that often scans as negligence.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
4.3
17% Positive
1 Rating
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
33% Negative
2 Ratings

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50% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Production Company Brightlight Pictures, Neon, QC Entertainment
Release Date Sep 22, 2023
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating PG-13
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Website https://www.imagemfilmeslatam.com/micrositio/no-lo-abras
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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