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Parents' Guide to

He's Out There

By Michael Ordona, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 16+

Gore, mutilated bodies in witless slasher exercise.

Movie R 2018 89 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

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age 16+

Based on 7 parent reviews

PourInform
PourInform Adult
January 14, 2019
age 17+

Wow!

What a real horror movie. I am a huge critic but this one had me sitting on the edge of my seat the whole way through. It’s been years since I watched one that made me feel nervous walking around my house when it’s over. It was that intense and definitely more suitable for mature audiences. I’m not going to be a spoiler and get into any details of the story itself. Yes it’s a good movie - enjoy.
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Alisha.k
Alisha.k Adult
January 6, 2022
age 16+

Rubbish

It made me spill my wine and lose too many minutes of my life. 10/10 recommend.
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What's the Story?

In HE'S OUT THERE, a woman named Laura (Yvonne Strahovski) and her two young daughters proceed ahead of her husband/their dad to a remote vacation house hours away. While waiting for him to arrive that night, weird things start to happen. Then a masked guy with an ax shows up -- and you can guess what happens next.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (7 ):
Kids say (5 ):

There's precious little to recommend this brainless, bloody horror movie. Strahovski is appealing, and there are a handful of creepy touches, but He's Out There almost immediately gives up all pretense of caring. Why doesn't the family just wait a few hours to drive such a long distance together? Why is Laura intentionally leaving her phone in her car? Why are the kids essentially following breadcrumbs into the woods and eating the mysterious cupcakes they find there? By the time Laura lets a guy die because it doesn't occur to her to break the window she's ineffectually banging on, viewers will have abandoned all hope.

The film was originally billed as being directed by Dennis Iliadis (the remake of The Last House on the Left) but now lists a mysterious "Quinn Lasher" (who has no other credits anywhere) as the person behind the camera. Hard to blame Iliadis if he wanted to step away; the movie's lack of tension, its whimpering kids, and its almost contemptuous disregard for logic pose as great a threat to viewers as the garden-variety masked maniac does to the characters.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the violence in He's Out There. Is there justification for any of it? What's the impact of media violence on kids?

  • When you see characters make poor choices in horror films, does it make you scared or annoyed?

  • What did you think of the kids' behavior? How did it affect you to see kids that age being menaced?

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