1. Of the big studio films released this summer, it's hands-down the best!
2. The story manages to keep one's interest engaged all the way through to the exhilaratingly unexpected ending, which effectively breathes new life into all the previous proceedings.
3. This ghost stuff works on a deeper level than the gross-out, and it's nice that Hollywood has rediscovered the art of the soul-freezing scare.
4. An unusually intelligent thriller!
5. The story doesn't cheat by resorting to action or scare clichжs. It sticks right to the main conflict and it keeps it in human terms.
6. The Sixth Sense has a kind of calm, sneaky self-confidence that allows it to take us down a strange path.
7. A unique, frightening movie that is never gratuitous or obvious.
8. One of the most original paranormal films I've ever seen.
9. A thought -- provoking suspenseful movie!
10. A psychological thriller that actually thrills!
M Night Shayamalan's The Sixth Sense is a twisty ghost story with all the style of a classical Hollywood picture, but all the chills of a modern horror flick.

1. An elegant little horror film reminiscent of Roman Polanski's "apartment trilogy" ... albeit minus Polanski's kinky male gaze.
2. This Australian thriller is refreshing because it smartly generates its chills from true psychological horrors rather than jump scares or technical gimmicks.
3. Finally, a good horror movie with scary thrills, but also ambiguity and psychological subtext
4. In this fickle genre, the recently released Jennifer Kent-directed Australian film The Babadook offers hope and reminds us that classic suspense is still alive.
5. ... a minor masterpiece of the macabre ... Be afraid, be very afraid: the Babadook is more than a Down Under Freddy Krueger ... Reminds us that the real monsters under the bed are Mommy and Daddy.
6. "Babadook" an Impressive Calling Card
7. The film strives for horror in the way of The Shining or Silence of the Lambs, but it's more like Annabelle with better cinematography, which isn't a compliment.
8. "The Babadook," a small but inventive and seriously chilling horror story, is a monsterpiece.
9. While The Babadook is a well-crafted, insightful, and overall excellent film, it's not going to be for everyone.
10. "The Babadook" is a well constructed character study, but may fail to creep out some jaded horror lovers.
The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to boot.

1. what a clever plot it is, spiked by hip one-liners that knowingly poke fun at such targets as Sandra Bullock, sorority sisters and the sad state of sequels in general.
2. Scream 2, like its predecessor, is a genre-crossing film. It is about 50% horror film and 50% murder mystery. The mix worked very well last time and it continues to entertain this time.
3. Scarier and funnier than the original.
4. Scream 2 wishes it were as cool as the original.
5. It managed to take what started out as an interesting franchise and ruin it.
6. It's not as good as the original.
7. Generally it disappoints.
8. This flic is a good scary movie for a long, dark, lonely old night with your loved-nacho by your side.
9. Williamson and Craven do a good job spoofing the first film, but they continue to drive some of the same points home over and over again.
10. Too serious to be funny and too light-hearted to be scary. Some of the characters in it talk about how sequels are inferior products, and the movie they're in doesn't prove them wrong.
As with the first film, Scream 2 is a gleeful takedown of scary movie conventions that manages to poke fun at terrible horror sequels without falling victim to the same fate.

1. Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky little gem that owes as much to Guy Debord and the Situationists of yore.
2. There's too much 'growing,' too much 'sharing' and way too much dialogue that's straight out of a freshman poli-sci class.
3. A kinder, gentler Fight Club...
4. The Edukators makes clear that everyone plays by rules they didn't make, then excuses themselves for not changing the world.
5. The romantic triangle at the heart of the story isn't particularly suspenseful, and the all-important politics unfortunately feel facile at best.
6. Intelligent, entertaining and, yes, educational as it looks at the nature of political activism now and then.
7. It ends interestingly, but it would've ended better, and played better, had it been half an hour shorter.
8. Like its protagonists, it means well, but gets mixed up. Too easily.
9. A mixed bag of style and ethics fluidly formed into an entertaining and thought-provoking whole.
10. Starts strong, with an ingratiatingly anarchic vibe, but quickly devolves into a hectoring socialist lecture: a cinematic version of Kenner's My First Revolution playset.

The Edukators engagingly plays out the clash between youthful idealism and older pragmaticism.