Variety September 9, 2019 Maud is like Carrie White and her mother Margaret rolled into one unholy holy terror; as played with brilliant, blood-freezing intensity by Morfydd...
Associated Press February 2, 2021 With "Saint Maud," Glass firmly establishes herself as a filmmaker to watch.
Globe and Mail September 12, 2019 [A] deeply dark and frequently painful-to-watch horror movie that has one thing on its mind – how the road to fanaticism leads directly to hel...
Times (UK) October 9, 2020 The ideas, about the nature of faith in the face of death, are rich and provocative. And the shadow-drenched aesthetic is stunning.
AWFJ Women on Film September 21, 2019 Saint Maud is driven by a powerful performance by Clark, and on all counts a comfortable contender for horror film of the year.
America Magazine February 6, 2021 One of the saving graces of Saint Maud – in fact, its chief virtue – is the disequilibrium one experiences watching her walk the line bet...
Hollywood Reporter September 10, 2019 Saint Maud seeds the clouds with an eclectic mix of influences, but it works, creating a film with its own strange weather.
Los Angeles Times January 31, 2021 An ecstatically bloody affair that imagines the inner world of a young woman driven to violence by the voices both inside and outside her head.
Financial Times October 7, 2020 Some debuts tug at your sleeve; others take your arm off.
Saint Maud is a remarkable feature debut for Glass, who conjures an intimate mood of psychological horror before veering assuredly into a...
New York Times January 28, 2021 Burrows into the mind of a lonely young woman and finds psycho-horror gold.
New Yorker February 8, 2021 In providing the jolts that Maud’s terrifying actions and fantasies provoke rather than the taut and complex web of life that they wrench apa...
The Guardian October 11, 2020 Saint Maud is a taut, sinewy treat, blessed with an impressively fluid visual sensibility and boosted by two quite brilliant central performan...
The Guardian October 8, 2020 It’s a scary movie that is also a satirical nightmare about the physical and erotic intimacy of nursing.
indieWire September 12, 2019 Rose Glass' taut and trembling Saint Maud transmutes a young woman’s spiritual crisis into such a refined story of body horror that genre fan...
Glass… achieves a delicate balance in taking Maud’s religious conviction seriously, while sensitively portraying the mental disturbance...
The Daily Beast February 3, 2021 Has the intensity of a conflagration burning wildly, self-destructively out of control.
Rather than seeming abstract or preachy, Saint Maud is visceral, sensuous, and tactile.
St. Maud marks a stunning feature film debut for writer-director Rose Glass. Understated yet opulent, measured, and intensely creepy, it&rsquo...
Austin Chronicle October 5, 2019 Saint Maud may move slowly and deliberately, but [Morfydd] Clark makes sure we are always in her character’s capable hands – whether we...
Salon.com February 5, 2021 Maud’s transformation throughout the film plays with many familiar genre elements – religion, sexuality, and physical trauma – in u...
Empire Magazine October 5, 2020 Place your faith in Saint Maud. Original, unsettling and surprisingly moving, it’s a strong calling card for filmmaker Rose Glass and ac...
film.avclub.com October 7, 2019 As Maud’s mental state spirals out of control, the film becomes both more surreal and more poetic, culminating in a shocking finale that sent...
Slant Magazine January 26, 2021 Rose Glass utilizes a provocative scenario for a vague and deadly serious art exercise.
The Atlantic January 29, 2021 The clever script, written by Glass herself, is designed to keep the viewer guessing until the very last minute, and it’s the foundation of t...
A queasily tense descent into the blindest of faith.
Rolling Stone February 10, 2021 It’s a genuine revelation, and the sort of holy terror that restores your faith in a genre.
RogerEbert.com January 29, 2021 Saint Maud comes with the stamp of its creator and shivers with fresh possibilities.
Sight & Sound October 2, 2019 Saint Maud’s conjuration of wild daylight visions and spiritual torments skilfully blurs the line between a possible medical condition a...
Saint Maud registers as more technically accomplished than deeply felt.
Saint Maud, like Ari Aster’s Midsommar, is a law unto itself.
Boston Globe February 11, 2021 More than that I cannot say, other than to recommend "Saint Maud" even if your tastes run the other direction from horror films.
Daily Telegraph November 20, 2020 Saint Maud heralds the arrival of a thrillingly distinctive new voice.
Chicago Tribune February 13, 2021 The steady, screw-tightening accumulation of crises making up "Saint Maud" indicate a fully formed talent behind the camera.
