
Variety
The title stands as a beckoning call to audiences to join in the devilish delights Chase has conjured. Yet the scares fail to scale from a mobile device to the big screen.
Full reviewA lonely boy who feels different from his peers finds a friend in an e-book on his tablet in this PG horror. However, when this "friend" starts to break free from the screen, he and his parents must defend themselves from this evil creature.
The title stands as a beckoning call to audiences to join in the devilish delights Chase has conjured. Yet the scares fail to scale from a mobile device to the big screen.
Full reviewAs a horror movie... it's often diabolical fun: a PG-13 funhouse ride of peekaboo jolts.
Full reviewA misfire on multiple levels, from the thinly drawn leads to lack of tension. It fails to offer any real scares and it's hard to connect on an emotional level with the characters.
Full reviewExpanded by the writer-director Jacob Chase from a short, "Come Play" feels secondhand in its overarching conceit, its scare tactics and even its sentimentality.
Full reviewAn inconsistent, flat film that is too often reliant on jump scares instead of atmosphere.
Full reviewMerely serviceable, and leaves you with the feeling that a much better game was lost in the shuffle.
Full reviewCome Play is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Neon Rentals.
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