Lockbox

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Lockbox

R

Jul 2026

1h 45m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Seeking peace after her mother's death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Jul 3

2/4

[It] teeters uncomfortably between psychological horror and supernatural hoo-hah for much of its running time and finally settles on the hoo-hah.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Jul 3

2/5

Lockbox bounds through plot developments without any sense of stakes or purpose, with a smattering of haphazard paint-by-numbers jump scares.

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Erik Piepenburg

New York Times

Jul 2

What’s left is a movie with few discernible stakes and little sense. It should have stayed a podcast.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

1d

Incoherent, annoying, and not very scary, Lockbox is a botched horror movie about demon possession, with a story that lurches and lumbers until trying to cram in an unconvincing showdown at the end.

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Alan Zilberman

Spectrum Culture

Jul 22

2/5

Nothing here is particularly atmospheric or provocative, a genre hybrid that ultimately falters in its effort to honor storytelling traditions that are often in conflict.

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Jul 21

2/5

An intriguing but fussy premise eventually collapses into contrivance with Lockbox, a possession film which coasts by on the inviting performances of Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci.

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Mr Shark

4d

The movie was ok, took a long time to get to the point of what was going on.

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Mr Hollywood

Jul 9

Boring and ridiculous. Trust me you don’t want to watch this. So forgettable

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Juandi

Jul 6

A great actress in a mediocre film it happens. There were some cool shots so I can appreciate certain efforts. Low budget doesn’t always mean it’s a bad movie but in this case everything just seems to fall flat.

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BiPolar Bear

Jul 4

Carla Gugino can't be in every horror scene. She really drives the plot forward, but the rest of the film drags with dull moments. The ending was pretty disappointing, and it took forever to reach the solution finally.

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Farah R

@Farah 1d

This low budget indie horror movie is made better by the performances. The actors elevate the script, making it watchable if not particularly memorable.

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Bruce M

@BruceMc Jul 11

Not very good, surprisingly slow and boring. An extra star for Carla Gugino, but her presence wasn't enough: after more than an hour I'd had enough of the tedium and left. Don't forget, "Lockbox" is an adaptation of an episode of a podcast. Not much of a movie here.

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Daniel Stamm

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Carla Gugino

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Lou Taylor Pucci

Winthrop

Katharine Isabelle

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Donald Sales

Det. Rousch

Jason William Day

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Synopsis

Seeking peace after her mother's death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.

Director: Daniel Stamm
Producer: Kearie Peak
Screenwriter: Justin Yoffe
Distributor: Aura Entertainment
Production Co: Dark Castle Entertainment, Capstone Studios, Pique Pictures
Rating: R (Some Bloody Violent Content|Brief Drug Material|Language|Grisly Images)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 3, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2026
Runtime: 1h 45m

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