Anya Couture Geek Vibes Nation Jul 26, 2025 4.5/10

If anything, Consecration knows how to get your attention at the start. But upon uncovering the details of its mystery, the movie grows tedious as it wears on.

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Catherine Bray Guardian Jul 15, 2025 3/5

Sure, it’s purest hokum, but real pride has gone into crafting it.

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Joey Keogh Vague Visages Jun 17, 2025

Consecration is a disjointed affair with sparks of interest scattered throughout that nonetheless ends up as a middling entry into the newly popular religious horror sub-genre.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jun 5, 2025 4/5

…don’t listen to the haters, Consecration is a strong, beautifully shot, atmospheric and intelligent horror film worth commending; it’s certainly a good example of how genre tropes can be twisted to create something different from previous models…

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Alex Saveliev Film Threat Jun 4, 2025 4/10

I can’t, in all good faith, recommend this one. So help me God.

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David Bax Battleship Pretension Nov 15, 2023

The sisters of this order opt for all white habits, a happy coincidence, I’m sure, which turns out to be the perfect palette for bright red smears, blotches, streaks, sprays and absolute pools of viscera.

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Guillermo Courau La Nación (Argentina) Nov 2, 2023 3/5

Without a doubt, the first half of the movie is the most achieved. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan (Medium) Sep 8, 2023

Consecration suffers from the lack of emotional scenes and an insufferable narrative structure that the movie builds up to a disappointing ending.

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Carla Hay Culture Mix Jul 30, 2023

There has rarely been a genuinely great horror movie about nuns. Consecration is yet another in a long line of these misfires doing the usual stereotypes of uptight Catholic nuns in a substandard story about supernatural evil. The movie's ending is awful.

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Sean P. Means The Movie Cricket Apr 23, 2023 2/4

The movie looks good, which is why it’s even more disappointing that the story is only held together by the flimsiest of movie tropes — the one where the central figure doesn’t know or suspect the truth that everyone around her clearly knows.

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Sr. Rose Pacatte St. Anthony Messenger Apr 14, 2023

A muddled attempt with no saving grace to tell a story about demonic action at a convent.

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Kat Hughes THN Mar 11, 2023 3/5

An enigmatic tale of finding one’s true identity and calling, Consecration’s fresh ideas are held together by yet another well-composed performance from Jena Malone.

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Nikki Baughan Screen International Mar 10, 2023

While Consecration leans heavily into the familiar cliches of holy horror, there’s some intriguing psychology at play; even if the film perhaps takes a little too long to reveal its most interesting aspects.

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Wade Major FilmWeek (LAist) Mar 3, 2023

There are a lot of horror clichés here, but it does go to a place that I thought was a bit different. So I give it credit for that.

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Lena Wilson The Playlist Feb 25, 2023 C+

For those easily swayed by blood, nuns, and Jena Malone — i.e., those with good taste — there’s plenty of that to go around.

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Jenn Adams Strong Female Antagonist Feb 16, 2023 C+

Set in a Scottish convent, Smith makes the most of a spooky setting. A unique premise, but an uneven execution cuts the knees out from under the narrative leaving us with a religious ghost story that feels by turns both terrifying and silly.

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Alan Zilberman Spectrum Culture Feb 15, 2023 2/5

Consecration does not add to the tradition of scary nuns, as it lacks the conviction or imagination to consider the depths of unhinged piety.

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Lex Briscuso Inverse Feb 14, 2023

Unfortunately, the movie’s worst enemy is its structure.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Feb 14, 2023 .5/4

...an utterly worthless endeavor that feels much, much longer than its 91 minutes.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Feb 13, 2023

Why, at age 84, she chose to make a glowering Mother Superior her first film role in a decade is anyone’s guess.

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