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GenreHorror
RatedPG-13
Runtime1 hr 32 mins
ReleasedMay 3, 2024
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorSpenser Cohen, Anna Halberg
StarringHarriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika
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Tarot (2024)
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| Tarot's Details | |
| Genre | Horror |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 05/03/2024 |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 32 mins |
| Budget | $8M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Tarot's Interests | |
| General | Tarot cards, horoscopes, creaky mansions, basements you should skip, birthday weekends. |
| Music | Joseph Bishara |
| Movies | Final Destination (2000). Fate keeps a list over there too. |
| Television | Goosebumps. The starter pack for nights like this. |
| Heroes | Haley. Reads the cards, then reads the room. |
| Tarot's Crew | |
| Director | Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg |
| Writers | Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg |
| Producers | Leslie Morgenstein, Scott Glassgold, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton |
| Cinematography | Elie Smolkin |
| Music | Joseph Bishara |
| Edited By | Tom Elkins, Josh Sgarlata |
| Production | Screen Gems, Alloy Entertainment, Ground Control |
| Distributed By | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Tarot is a deck of horror clichés that somebody shuffled exactly once. A group of college friends rent a big house in the Catskills for Elise’s birthday, and Haley, awkwardly fresh off a breakup with Grant, reads everyone’s fortune with an old deck she digs out of the basement. Rule one of every horror movie: don’t touch the creepy old thing in the basement. Soon the figures from the cards, the Hermit, the Magician and the rest, start coming for whoever drew them. The card designs are a neat idea, and that’s about it. The characters are paper thin, the scares are telegraphed, and the movie can’t decide if it wants you laughing or hiding. It holds a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. It still made $49.37 million worldwide on a reported $8 million, which is the scariest number in this review. A 2.4 because a clever gimmick can’t save a script this tired. $29.13 says a friend pulls out a tarot deck this year and you suddenly remember an early meeting.
What works: The monsters drawn from the tarot cards have a striking look, and the young cast commits to the material.
What doesn’t: The scares are lazy and predictable, the characters are interchangeable, and the tone wobbles between camp and serious.
Who it’s for: Teens planning a sleepover scare night who haven’t seen many horror movies yet.
Spoilers
Haley reads the vengeful astrologer’s horoscope and draws Death for her, finally lets go of her grief over her mother, and the curse is destroyed along with the deck. Haley and Grant patch things up, and Paxton survives when his roommate opens the elevator door.
A group of college friends rent a big old house in the Catskills for a birthday weekend. Things are already awkward, since Haley (Harriet Slater) and Grant (Adain Bradley) just broke up. Then someone digs up a set of vintage tarot cards in the basement, and Haley, the one who knows how to read them, agrees to tell everyone's fortune. Paxton (Jacob Batalon), Paige (Avantika) and the rest each pull a card. Fun party game. Until the readings start coming true. Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg direct. Ninety-two minutes, shuffle at your own risk.
Anyone who reads the instructions before playing with creepy old stuff. Bring your own deck.
| Harriet Slater | Haley |
| Adain Bradley | Grant |
| Jacob Batalon | Paxton |
| Avantika | Paige |
| Humberly González | Madeline |
| Wolfgang Novogratz | Lucas |
| Larsen Thompson | Elise |
| Olwen Fouéré | Alma |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 20 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $49.4M; Domestic box office $18.8M; Opening weekend $6.5M; Profit / loss (est.) +$12.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 17%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 17% (63 reviews); Metacritic 36 / 100; Rotten Tomatoes audience 55% (250+ verified ratings); PostTrak audience 59% positive; IMDb users 4.8 / 10 (41,516 votes); movie.guru score 2.1.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 20 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.