The Guardian
The film fails to build real suspense, and the scary scenes feel rote and often inelegant...
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Master (2022)
Regina Hall leads this horror centred on Black women who strive to find their place at an elite New England university. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.
Newly appointed dean of students - or "Master" - Gail Bishop (Hall) is in the process of moving into her quarters at prestigious Massachusetts college Ancaster at the same time a new batch of freshman is being intiated. Among them is Jasmine (Zoe Renee), who finds herself assigned to a room with a macabre history. As both Jasmine and Gail uncover a grim past under Ancaster's veneer, they're challenged by horrors of both the occult and systemically racist kinds.
Less2022Rating: R1898 minsUSAAmazon Studios, Animal Kingdom, Big Indie Pictures
Horror
Master (2022) | Reviews
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RogerEbert.com
The final arc of the story feels clunky in a manner that distracts instead of disorients... (but) there’s a lot to admire in Master...
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IndieWire
Detailed and deliberate, assertive but rarely obvious, Diallo’s Master is a towering, inventive shot in the arm for Black horror.
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The New Yorker
A passionate and melancholy fantasy that employs supernatural elements for a bracingly realistic view of college life and American institutions.
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Slant Magazine
Master is a frustratingly diffuse work, one that never seems to fully buy into its own horror trappings...
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Bloody Disgusting
Even if it doesn’t entirely stick its landing, it’s the precise type of intelligent, creepy, and complex horror that makes Diallo one to watch.
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Screen Daily
There are relatively few outright scares, and no gore at all, (but) that doesn’t mean Master isn’t absolutely terrifying.
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Master (2022) | Release Details
Master (2022) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Prime Video.