Metacritic reviews

This is an alternately handsome and harrowing ghost story, about a civilized society haunted by its own unspeakable needs.

Queer writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein (the mind behind the vagina dentata horror-comedy Teeth) and an impressive team of collaborators inspire laughs and/or terror out of the libidinal hang-ups of frail stay-at-home mom Constance (Jena Malone) and her unfulfilled spouse, Joseph (Ed Stoppard).

An unusual and often hauntingly strange film, Angelica is given life thanks to Jena Malone’s impressive performance, which juggles mounting hysteria with a gentle sense of passion.

Fear of the supernatural ties directly into a fear of the unknown, but with no doubt surrounding the spiritual aspects going on, Angelica becomes a film more invested in its own ideas than executing them properly.

The supernatural elements brush up against some heavy topics, some actual real-life horrors, but like any encounter with a ghost, Angelica is likely to simply leave you cold.