Mike Flanagan enjoyed it.

So did Chris Stuckmann.

Oddity actually scared me. But what does that mean nowadays? For me, it’s not about being jolted by sound design. It’s about a feeling of dread, about knowing something bad is going to happen, and that it feels inescapable. Hitchcock loved referencing the “bomb under the table.” The idea that the audience is made aware of something that the characters cannot see, and we watch, as the excruciating minutes tick away, wondering when they’ll realize they’re in danger. In Oddity, Damian Mc Carthy places a terrifying wooden man in a room, and makes all the characters aware of it. It’s not hidden. It’s just sitting there. Everyone can see it. And then we wait, wondering when that fucking thing is gonna… well you’ll have to see the movie. I felt my stomach tightening during the tensest scenes. This is the best Shudder film I’ve seen since When Evil Lurks.