
VODzilla.co UK
Shudder UK film review: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
February 8, 2019. "a retro-styled mood piece haunted by the disappointments of desire"
Horror Freak News
Underrated Horror Movies to See ASAP
November 28, 2017. "a retro psycho-sexual creeper that’s a dead-ringer for the horror offerings of the late 1970s"
Bloody Disgusting
The Best Horror Movies of 2017 So Far!
August 4, 2017. "...a rumination on loneliness and that desperate, unfounded hysteria known as 'first love'"
Flurt Magazine
In Conversation w/ the Stars of Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
July 11, 2017. "...more of a beautiful nightmare than a horror film..."
Birth.Movies.Death.
Three Shudder Exclusives You Should Be Watching
July 5, 2017. "Calvo’s hauntingly atmospheric reverie eschews propulsive narrative in favor of dronecore commitment to late fall chilliness."
Ain't It Cool News
Review from AICN Horror: Highly Recommended
June 30, 2017. "a retro-gothic horror tale that is unforgettably authentic in its tone and bone-chillingly terrifying in its resolution. Highly recommended."
Rue Morgue
Walk through a heavenly hell w/ Shudder’s Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
May 8, 2017. "[Calvo] reveals himself as an evolving, nascent visionary...flawless, affecting performances by Wilhelmi and Shephard."
Collider
70s-Tinged Soft-Queer Psychodrama with a Gothic Twist
May 4, 2017. "utterly compelling...a 70s style soft-queer gothic thriller worth seeking out."
Mellow Dramatix
Interview with A.D. Calvo, Erin Wilhelmi, and Quinn Shephard
June 8, 2017. Group interview from Berlin (in English).
Scenes Media
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl Does Nostalgia Right
June 6, 2017. "a lyrical love letter to the deliberate, brooding thrillers of the 1970s."
Slash Film
Several Bonafide Masterpieces Are Streaming Right Now
May 25, 2017. "an unmistakable air of menace that Calvo exploits perfectly...well-crafted psychological melodrama"
Horror Geek Life
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl Review (4.5 out of 5 stars)
May 16, 2017. "an instant classic and deserves a place among films like Let's Scare Jessica to Death."
Kim Newman Blog
U.K. Review of Indie Psycho-Horror Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
May 12, 2017. "Its not a conventional horror film, but it has a sense of chilling dread that sticks in the mind – and a couple of perfectly-accomplished sudden scares..."
Pajiba
A Seductive Slice of Retro-Horror
May 10, 2017. "I got serious Burnt Offerings vibes from the film...has a retro feel to it akin to The House of the Devil."
The A.V. Club
Meet the Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl in a dreamy Shudder exclusive
May 5, 2017. "Recommended for fans of slow-burn ‘70s horror films like Burnt Offerings and Let’s Scare Jessica To Death..."
Toronto Film Scene
Dark Nights: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
May 4, 2017. "The performances are outstanding...You may be left wanting more, but isn’t that what every great film should leave you feeling?"
Starburst Magazine
Twisted Little Meditation on Loneliness
Apr 18, 2017. "we loved it...and recommend you give it a try."
Daily Grindhouse
Jason Coffman’s Top 20 Movies of 2016
Jan 19, 2017. "...effective score and gorgeously autumnal look of the film, as well as a pair of solid, understated performances..."
Blumhouse.com
Ryan Turek’s 10 Favorite Horror Films of 2016
Dec 30, 2016. "...keep an eye out for in 2017 that may end up on my “best of” list a year from now..."
Bloody Disgusting
‘Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl’ is This Year’s Festival Sleeper
Nov 22, 2016. "instantly unsettling... It feels like a ghost story told on a quiet Sunday, as a January wind howls past the windows."
The A.V. Club
24 hours of horror with the new masters of the genre
Oct 31, 2016. "Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl, takes its cues from ’70s slow-burn horror cinema, emphasizing melancholy atmosphere over shocks and scares..."
We Live Film
“Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl” Review
Oct 30, 2016. "a direct callback to both gothic horror and psychological thrillers...a well-made independent horror film that continually hits a ceiling of quality."
Bloody Disgusting
10 Upcoming Horror Films You Have to See!
Oct 4, 2016. "A melancholy and atmospheric film with two great performances from its lead actresses."
Austin Chronicle
Fantastic Fest Review: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
Oct 3, 2016. "Gothic conventions revamped for coming-of-age chiller...chillingly captivating."
Glide Magazine
Fantastic Fest '16 Backhalf Recap
Oct 3, 2016. "...a hypnotically unsettling tale of moral temptation and decay, complete with fantastic performances..."
Blumhouse.com
Shock Waves: Episode 19 - Fantastic Fest Review by Ryan Turek
Sep 30, 2016. Podcast at 00:16:37. "Super cool and super creepy. Quiet, creepy, eerie little flick."
CutPrintFilm
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl is an effective slow-burn chiller
Sep 28, 2016. "an exquisite attention to gothic detail, recalling low-key chillers like Burnt Offerings and The Changeling, mixed with the gothic family melodrama..."
AMFM Magazine
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl and The Desperate Need To Connect
Sep 26, 2016. "...Calvo hangs his story on two arresting performances..."
Indiewire
David Lynch Is Wrong: Why TV Isn’t the New Art House
Sep 26, 2016. "...the atmospheric Bergmanesque Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl..."
Daily Grindhouse
Fantastic Fest '16 Video Interview: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
Sep 25, 2016. "...feels like something that Jess Franco or Jean Rollin would have produced..."
Indiewire
Twitter review from deputy editor and chief critic of Indiewire
Sep 23, 2016. "an artfully subdued gothic lesbian psychological horror tale with great atmosphere."
Village Voice
All the Craziness We Can't Wait for at the Great Genre Freak Show
Sep 23, 2016. "A.D. Calvo gives a shy wallflower a new popular friend..."
Dread Central
Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl...a Return to Classic Gothic Horror
Sep 19, 2016. Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl from director A.D. Calvo looks like a return to Gothic, atmospheric horror...
Daily Grindhouse
Fantastic Fest 2016: The Shape of Things to Come
Sep 18, 2016. Here’s the list of my top 10 most anticipated films coming to this year’s fest in alphabetical order...
Hartford Courant
‘Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl,' To Debut At Fantastic Fest In Austin
Sep 15, 2016. The 12th annual Fantastic Fest, a horror, fantasy and science fiction film festival that will be held Sept. 22 to 29 in Austin, TX...
Quiet Earth
First Look at A.D. Calvo's Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl Trailer
Aug 26, 2016. We've been following the rising star of writer/director A.D. Calvo for some time...
ComingSoon.net
Exclusive Stills from Sensual Psychodrama Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl
Aug 26, 2016. Exclusive stills from director A.D. Calvo’s Gothic horror drama Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl...
Indiewire
‘Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl’ Exclusive Trailer: Gothic Horror Film About A Young Woman Taking Care of Her Aging Aunt
Aug 25, 2016. Gothic horror films often rely on a certain heightened mood to convey a particular kind of terror, which means that the actual story can be about anything at all, including divergent generational desires...
Bloody Disgusting
Fantastic Fest’s Second Wave of Programming Announced
Aug 25, 2016. Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest delivers another dose of cinematic decadence with its second wave of programming.
Shock Till You Drop
Exclusive stills from A.D.Calvo’s atmospheric indie ghost story
Dec 15, 2015. Writer/director A.D. Calvo (THE MIDNIGHT GAME) has just wrapped his latest feature film, SWEET, SWEET LONELY GIRL, a moody, character-driven ghost story set in 1980 New England...
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