Pet

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Pet

R

2016

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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Sweet but lonely Seth spends his days working in an animal shelter. In a hopeless daze, he has a chance encounter with beautiful young waitress Holly, who awakens something within him. Obsessed, he tries everything to win her over. Time and again, she rejects him, leading him to steal her journal and make a plan: to kidnap Holly. After Seth takes Holly, she wakes up in a cage beneath the animal shelter and is being treated like the dogs living above her.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

12/06/2016

The film is engrossing, thanks to the director's skill at delivering sustained tension, and the excellent performances.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

12/02/2016

.5/4

Pet sputters and pants its way to a kind of twist, one that's genuinely misogynist on the one hand but also too cretinous to be authentically repellent.

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Alex McLevy

AV Club

12/01/2016

The films zigs where you expect a depraved zag, resulting in a smart and unsettling tale ...

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

08/15/2019

Monochrome dialogue pieces contrast with forced moments of emotion and it is at that moment that we wonder if the film would not have worked better as a more explicit parody. [Full review in Spanish]

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Trace Thurman

Bloody Disgusting

10/31/2018

3.5/5

Best viewed as a wacky horror romance filled with enough gallows humor to satiate the Coen Brothers.

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Derek Deskins

Next Projection

10/16/2018

7.3/10

The tension ratchets up spectacularly and your blood pressure rises in the anticipation of what may lie behind the next corner.

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B P

@Bradster69 1d

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Gabriel T

@GabrielFagundes Jan 15

Farfetched, exploitative and ridiculous

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Connor O.

@jimminycrickets Nov 3

Crazy to see merry from LOTR as a stalker creep. Ksenia solo stole the show and had some good twists. Was definitely worth a watch and a solid psychological horror. Def worth a watch and maybe a rewatch a few years later

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John W

@RT18279564 07/20/2025

The production and camera are fine. The idea of the film isn’t very good, but acceptable. However, what they did is really disappointing. The story is so bad. There’s a big twist that is unpredictable, but extremely implausible. It’s not the worst movie out there, but definitely a disappointment. After it, I thought to myself, “Why did I waste my time on this?”

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Spike D

@Spike93 06/04/2025

A film for those who think violence against women needs the "both sides" treatment.

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Chris D

@RT32302738 05/27/2025

It was a good watch.

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Sweet but lonely Seth spends his days working in an animal shelter. In a hopeless daze, he has a chance encounter with beautiful young waitress Holly, who awakens something within him. Obsessed, he tries everything to win her over. Time and again, she rejects him, leading him to steal her journal and make a plan: to kidnap Holly. After Seth takes Holly, she wakes up in a cage beneath the animal shelter and is being treated like the dogs living above her.

Director: Carles Torrens
Producer: Nick Phillips, Carles Torrens, Kelly Wagner, Steven Schneider
Screenwriter: Jeremy Slater
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Orion Pictures, Revolver Picture Company, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Language|Brief Sexuality|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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