A Certified Fresh 94%/94% critic–audience hit: Curry Barker's monkey's-paw horror romance is praised as crowd-pleasing, darkly funny, and the rare Blumhouse original that Gen Z word-of-mouth turned into a $400M+ global phenomenon on a $750K budget.
Critics split on the franchise's meanest chapter: a Certified Fresh 72% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 77% Popcornmeter and a B CinemaScore against a cooler 55 Metascore. Reviewers praise Vaniček's ferocious craft and practical gore while faulting thin characters and the near-total absence of Raimi-era mischief.