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THE DREADFUL
2026Black Magic · 94 MIN · 2026-02-20
THE DREADFUL
2026
ROT SCORE
55
SYNOPSIS
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law are barely scraping by when a man from Anne's past returns from war. A curse arrives with him -- takes the form of a mysterious knight -- and it's got its eyes on all of them.
Score Breakdown
GENRE SITES
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Bloody Disgusting | 4 / 5 | 80.0 |
| Dread Central | 3.5 / 5 | 70.0 |
| Daily Dead | 2.5 / 5 | 50.0 |
| Nightmare on Film Street | N/A | — |
| Certified Forgotten | N/A | — |
| JoBlo | N/A | — |
| GENRE SITES AVG | 66.7 | |
MAINSTREAM SOURCES
RT Critic + RT Audience are averaged together and count as 50% of this bucket. All other sources share the remaining 50% equally.
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| RT Critic | 36% | 36.0 |
| RT Audience | 41% | 41.0 |
| Letterboxd | 2.07 / 5 | 41.4 |
| IMDb | 3.9 / 10 | 39.0 |
| Metacritic Critic | 33 / 100 | 33.0 |
| Metacritic User | 2.9 / 10 | 29.0 |
| Slash Film | N/A | — |
| IGN | N/A | — |
| The Film Stage | N/A | — |
| Collider | 6 / 10 | 60.0 |
| Roger Ebert | 2 / 4 | 50.0 |
| RT AVG (50% of bucket) | 38.5 | |
| MAINSTREAM AVG | 40.3 | |
FORMULA WEIGHTS
| SOURCE | NORMALIZED | BASE WT | ACTUAL WT | CONTRIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satan's Boardroom | — | 10% | — | — |
| Genre Sites | 66.7 | 50% | 55.6%* | 37.0 |
| Mainstream Sites | 40.3 | 40% | 44.4%* | 17.9 |
| ROT SCORE | 100.0% | 55 | ||
* Satan's Boardroom was unavailable. Weight redistributed proportionally across available sources.