Wall Street Journal by Kyle Smith

Oddity is everything a horror film should be—creepy, exciting, unpredictable—and it leads to an ending that’s both shocking and inevitable.

The Daily Beast by Nick Schager

It’s a feature debut that portends big things for the up-and-coming filmmaker.

RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley

Mc Carthy understands the horror tropes intimately, but he uses them with freedom and freshness, lifting his films out of a specific genre. "Oddity" is a murder-mystery, a supernatural horror, and a home invasion thriller, all mixed together.

Slashfilm by Chris Evangelista

Oddity is one of the best horror movies of the year.

IndieWire by Alison Foreman

Oddity delivers a brilliant, bespoke, and tightly entertaining string of ideas that work stronger as a collection

The A.V. Club by Matthew Jackson

It’s got great tension, great characters, and great jump scares, and it cements Mc Carthy’s place as a major new voice in horror.

Collider by Chase Hutchinson

Oddity is another horror gem from writer-director Damian McCarthy with an enthralling performance by Carolyn Bracken.

The Hollywood Reporter by Justin Lowe

McCarthy’s approach to his original script is marked by an admirable economy of both narrative and style. Withholding plot details, limiting the cast to a bare minimum and confining the action to just a few claustrophobic locations combine to amplify an escalating sense of unease.

Screen Rant by Mae Abdulbaki

It’s compelling and held my attention from start to finish. The amount of times I genuinely gasped is enough to recommend it. It’s the perfect summer horror and one that will keep you on your toes.

Film Threat by Terry Sherwood

The situation’s gothic stylings and the isolated yet sprawling location give us a mile-deep trench of dread. The musical score, solid direction, and envious camera work all add finesse to the proceedings.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Coolly executed and seductively simple, Oddity, the second feature from Damian McCarthy (after the unsettling, underseen “Caveat” in 2021), is a fun, back-to-basics supernatural thriller that cares more about making us jump than making us cringe.

Variety by Carlos Aguilar

McCarthy and editor Brian Philip Davis deploy high-voltage moments with expert timing, using the dark to their favor in refreshing fashion.

Paste Magazine by Jesse Hassenger

Oddity is simultaneously an impressive production and a bizarre lesson in the vagaries of fear: without visibly shifting its tactics, it can be shiver-inducing in a few scenes and tedious in others.

Slant Magazine by Steven Scaife

Thanks to its expert staging, the film doesn’t lose much in the way of immediacy.