Tarot

"Your fate is in the cards."

2024 1h 32m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 1,471

Horror

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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.

“Your fate is in the cards.”

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Cast

Harriet Slater
Haley
Wolfgang Novogratz
Lucas
Adain Bradley
Grant
Avantika
Paige
Jacob Batalon
Paxton
Humberly González
Madeline
Larsen Thompson
Elise
Olwen Fouéré
Alma Astryn

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Spenser Cohen
Writers: Nicholas Adams, Anna Halberg, Spenser Cohen
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Spenser Cohen, shot by Elie Smolkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Bishara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Elkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Harriet Slater and Wolfgang Novogratz and Adain Bradley carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Your fate is in the cards.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14088510 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Spenser Cohen directs. Elie Smolkin behind the camera. Joseph Bishara scores. Tom Elkins cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 6.2× over at the box office.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Directed by Spenser Cohen, shot by Elie Smolkin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Joseph Bishara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Tom Elkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Harriet Slater and Wolfgang Novogratz and Adain Bradley carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Your fate is in the cards.".
8IMDB entry: tt14088510 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "tarot cards", "magic show", "horoscope", "fate".

The technical file

Cinematography: Elie Smolkin
Original score: Joseph Bishara
Editing: Tom Elkins
Production design: Felicity Abbott
Costume design: Ivana Vasić
Makeup / hair: Nataša Krstić
VFX supervisor: Luca Saviotti
Sound: Tony Lamberti
Stunt coordinator: Slaviša Ivanović
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $49,256,239
Return: 616% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Tarot (2024)

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CinemaSerf2024-05-10
★ 5/10
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. Needless to say the gang are a politically correct assemblage that tick just about every box and are frankly all pretty well deserving of what's to come. On that front, the clue's in the title. Exploring the house looking to top up their supply of booze, they find a locked room full of all things occult and that includes an unique set of tarot cards. Rather foolishly, but typically disparagingly, they demand that "Haley" (Harriet Slater) read their fortunes. Next thing they are dropping like flies - all in a manner they gradually realise is akin to the results of the tarot reading. As they gruesomely dwindle, they realise that they are going to need some help and so thanks to Google spook, they find a woman (Olwen Fouéré) who informs them of the bleak history of their toxic tarot and tells them that the cards' destruction might be their only road to salvation. Thing is, can they survive long enough to get back to the house? There's nothing at all original here, sorry. We've seen it loads of times before and the uninteresting dynamic between the characters is even more predictable than the denouement. To be fair, the candle-lit visual effects are quite effective at times, but the acting is pretty dreadful and the whole frat-like presentation left me looking at the clock after half an hour. It's a shame. The whole astrology and mythology surrounding the tarot could have offered us a rich vein to tap into and exploit, but here we simply get a rather lazy and formulaic light-horror enterprise that's really devoid of much imagination. Literally.
Sejian2024-05-29
★ 4/10
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 of young adults go playing with tarot cards that don't belong to them and then the tarot cards come to life and start doing the murder because curses and vengeful spirits, also horoscopes and astrology are all the rage again, apparently. There's nothing new or original here and apart from one jump scare that got me, it's quite boring. There's one redeeming thing about this movie - it doesn't sequel-bait. It ends with some comedy and that's it. Thank goodness. I skipped watching The First Omen (2024) after about 25 minutes to watch this. I should've skipped this too and just watched another episode of FBI. Can we get some actual good horror this year?
MovieGuys2024-05-30
★ 5/10
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 tolerable acting. That said, its let down by a lack of originality, combined with an ultimately repetitious horror theme, that plays over and over, quickly becoming stale. In summary, what this film needed most was an injection of at least little originality and diversity of the story telling kind. Suffice to say, its mediocre rating, with me at least, was very much, on the cards....