Stalker (1979 film) of the "Time Out Film Guide" has compared "Stalker" to Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now", also released in 1979, and argued that "as a journey to the heart of darkness" "Stalker" looks "a good deal more persuasive than Coppola's." As well, "Slant Magazine" reviewer Nick Schager has praised the film as an "endlessly pliable allegory about human consciousness". In Schager's view "Stalker" shows "something akin to the essence of what man is made of: a tangled knot of memories, fears, fantasies, nightmares, paradoxical impulses, and a yearning for something that's simultaneously beyond our reach and yet intrinsic to every one
Darkness Rising (film) called it "a very mixed bag of good intentions, potentially interesting ideas and poor execution." Darkness Rising (film) Darkness Rising is a 2017 supernatural horror film directed by Austin Reading. Frank Scheck for "The Hollywood Reporter" claimed the film "would be infuriating except that its terminal dullness saps the energy required for outrage." Monica Castillo for "The New York Times" found that the film had potential but disappointed saying "Austin Reading's horror movie "Darkness Rising" has the makings of a solid haunted-house story...However, tossing these ingredients together does not guarantee a decent scare." Noel Murray of "The Los Angeles Times"