The Visit

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The Visit

PG-13

2015

1h 34m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Becca and younger brother Tyler say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana and Pop Pop, all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

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Critics Consensus

The Visit provides horror fans with a satisfying blend of thrills and laughs -- and also signals a welcome return to form for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Jun 12, 2016

3/4

Here, [Shyamalan] loosened up, shed some of his ego, and reminded all of us what a gifted writer and director he truly is.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

May 3, 2016

M. Night Shyamalan made another good movie, and I'm as surprised as you are.

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

Nov 10, 2015

The Visit is a pleasant surprise.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

Oct 14, 2026

B

'The Visit' takes a trip to the grandparents that's positively loaded with laughs and an overwhelming willingness to be weird.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 8, 2025

2/4

A tepid horror yarn that might as well have been called Old People Are Scary!

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Jul 23, 2023

3/5

The Visit is a return to form for Shyamalan.

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@Wilbur130 3 days ago

A horrror-ible waste of film. Just awful

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Bill T

@btreakle 6 days ago

“The Visit “ This is a story about brother and sister who go off for a week spend time with their elderly grandparents why their mom get a break. Now this brother and sister are pretty tech savvy and decide to do a documentary film about their grandparents and what caused the friction between their mother and the grandparents. But soon the brother and sister realize there's something wrong with the grandparents and this is how the story begins to unfold. There are some brutal scenes in this film and some nudity. Do not recommend this film for children under the ages of 14.

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Nikhil T

@RT05413048 Oct 26, 2026

Funny/ thrill/ suspense the actors done a fantastic job, good job m.night shyamalan

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Nolan M

@vyzee Oct 20, 2026

The best found footage movie of all time. Don’t agree with me? Fuck off.

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James S

@Stepdad55 Oct 18, 2026

I don't know how a movie like this gets funded in the first place. Hard to watch cinematography, stupid plot. Not worth the time to watch (in my humble opinion)

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 15, 2026

The Visit is a *2.5* star Movie!!!

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Synopsis

Becca and younger brother Tyler say goodbye to their mother as they board a train and head deep into Pennsylvania farm country to meet their maternal grandparents for the first time. Welcomed by Nana and Pop Pop, all seems well until the siblings start to notice increasingly strange behavior from the seemingly charming couple. Once the children discover a shocking secret, they begin to wonder if they'll ever make it home.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Jason Blum, Marc Bienstock
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse
Rating: PG-13 (Some Nudity|Brief Language|Terror|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.1M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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