Tarot
Tarot

Tarot

2024Movie92 minEnglish

When a group of friends recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.

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IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes21%
Metacritic31/100
Google Users48%
Director: Spenser CohenGenres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Plot Summary

A group of friends unearths a tarot deck in the basement of their rental home and soon discovers that using the cards unleashes an evil spirit. As they try to survive the night, they must race against time to confront the fortune that has been predicted for each of them.

Critical Reception

Tarot received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with many finding the film to be predictable and derivative of other horror tropes. Audiences, however, showed some interest, leading to a respectable box office performance for its genre.

What Reviewers Say

  • Relies heavily on jump scares and familiar horror clichés.
  • The premise of the tarot cards is interesting but ultimately underutilized.
  • Performances are serviceable, but the script offers little depth.

Google audience: Audiences found the film to be a moderately entertaining horror flick, appreciating the spooky atmosphere and the unique premise involving tarot cards. However, many felt the plot was too predictable and lacked genuine scares, with some suggesting it borrowed too heavily from other popular horror movies.

Fun Fact

The film is based on the 1992 novel 'Horrorible Tarot' by Nicholas Adams.

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TMDB Reviews

7 reviews
JPV852

JPV852

The best thing I can say is this wasn't terrible. Just not good either and should've leaned into a mix of horror and comedy which they briefly did at the very end. Otherwise there's nothing that stands out from the bland characters and visu...
TheSceneSnobs

TheSceneSnobs

Tarot was a terrible horror movie from start to finish. It’s another low-budget studio horror film that relies heavily on formulaic tropes, stacking one cliché after another in a convoluted story that makes no sense. The plot is riddled ...
Hotplix

Hotplix

"Tarot," directed by Marielle Heller, is a captivating supernatural thriller that delves into the world of tarot card reading. Anya Taylor-Joy shines as the lead, portraying a character whose life becomes entangled with the predictions of a...
KittyKelly1976

KittyKelly1976

Tarot is another PG-13 "horror" film using all the cliches and tropes from every other millennial horror film released in the past ten years. Filled with bad CGi, super-fast moving black-eyed "ghosts," and generic jump scares, along with...
MovieGuys

MovieGuys

Aside from the novel pitch for diversity, does anyone really have this many diverse friends?, there's nothing terribly inspiring on offer with Tarot. To be fair Tarot has decently creepy visuals, a few well placed jump scares and tolerab...
Sejian

Sejian

Can't have a movie with people of color or women anymore without someone being racist and sexist. That being said, this movie is... well, it's not the worst thing I've seen but that doesn't make it good either. The premise is a group ...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

A group of twenty-somethings have rented a "literal" mansion (I wish writers would find out what that word means and use it properly!) and are having a few fireside beers outside it whilst subjecting us to their dull relationship issues. Ne...