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You Should Have Left
Directed by David Koepp
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart. From TMDB
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You Should Have Left is a 2020 horror thriller film, directed by David Koepp, starring Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried and Avery Tiiu Essex.
- 44 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span Jul 20, 2020 to Oct 28, 2026
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51 of 51 · most liked firstYou Should Have Left Years Ago….
neutral · AI labelView post →10 horror novels to get to know me by The Haunting of Hill House Experimental Film A Head Full of Ghosts House of Leaves The Stepford Wives Beloved You Should Have Left The House Next Door Frankenstein IT
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching “You Should Have Left” with my wife and I’m hoping it sucks so I can quip “I guess that’s what they were telling people in the theater!” and laughing til I die of a coughing fit
negative · AI labelView post →Read the novella "You Should Have Left" by Daniel Kehlmann for the second time last night, and it was still as good as the first time round. If you decide to read it, go in knowing as little as you can.
positive · AI labelView post →EXPERIMENTAL FILM by Gemma Files; YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT by Daniel Kehlmann; THE GOOD HOUSE by Tananarive Due. (Honorable mention to MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS by Emil Ferris, since it's technically a graphic novel.)
neutral · AI labelView post →i borrowed You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann from my library and read it yesterday and i really, really, really enjoyed it. A house that defies its dimension(s) in increasingly upsetting ways. It's the story i always wanted House of Leaves to be. Deeply unsettling and ambiguous. i loved it ♥︎
positive · AI labelView post →day 7/31 You Should Have Left decent psychological horror in the hands of two always reliable leads. underlines why you should always commission a professional modelmaker and not just rely on an architect. or go on holiday in Wales, apparently.
neutral · AI labelView post →165. You Should Have Left (2020) #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →#nw You Should Have Left 🎬☕️
neutral · AI labelView post →Lol I forgot the other day this account that was arguing and WRONG ABOUT LIKE 2 DOZEN DIFFERENT THINGS AND EVERYTHING THEY WERE SAYING to the point that I posted it was very funny put me on a list that was called "YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT ME ALONE." Very 1997 horror movie vibe lol. THEY DIDN'T DO SHIT.
neutral · AI labelView post →Plan a horrorfest using only your first name: Rosemary’s Baby You Should Have Left Knock at the Cabin Emesis Blue Ready or Not
neutral · AI labelView post →#100HorrorMoviesIn92Days 2026 95) You Should Have Left (2020) dir. David Koepp Weird to take the original German novella in which it's a wizard's house (iirc?) set it in Wales, land of very famous wizards, do the weird maths/angles thing, then go boring with it? :( letterboxd.com/film/you-sho...
negative · AI labelView post →Plan a horrorfest using only your first name: Leprechaun Urban Legend Cat People You Should Have Left
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not 5/5, but the Kevin Bacon/Amanda Seyfried movie You Should Have Left is a pretty decent stuck in a house movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film 74/100. You Should Have Left (2020). boxd.it/iDBA #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →Are you like me, and craving some spooky reads, even though September just started and it’s still 80+ degrees out? Then check out You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann. A super fast read with a haunted house and spooky vibes. #book #bookrec #horror
positive · AI labelView post →Plan a horror fest using only your first name The Thing You Should Have Left Lake Mungo Event Horizon Ready or Not
neutral · AI labelView post →Psycho Exorcist Gift Get Out You Should Have Left
neutral · AI labelView post →@nofspodcast.bsky.social #31DayHorrorChallenge #NightmareonFilmStreet Day 3 Air BNB of Horrors :You Should Have Left (2020) I've watched clips of this movie on tik tok for years but had no idea where it was from, glad I finally watched it!
positive · AI labelView post →it's also a reference to the 2020 movie You Should Have Left
neutral · AI labelView post →Found! During a Kevin Bacon movie called You Should Have Left
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked "You Should Have Left" much more than the reviewer did. gravereviews.com/2021/02/09/y...
positive · AI labelView post →We’re watching, You Should Have Left on Discord right now and it’s creeeeeepy 😱
positive · AI labelView post →THE MINUTE YOU LEARNED WHAT EPSTEIN WAS DOING WITH CHILDREN, YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT AND NEVER GONE BACK. BUT YOU DIDN'T, YOU NOT ONLY STAYED BUT YOU CAME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE THAT FASCINATED YOU AND KEPT YOU COMING BACK FOR MORE, YEAR AFTER YEAR..
neutral · AI labelView post →Own it! Read it when it first came out, and have reread parts over the years. If you haven't yet, check out You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann. I tell people it's a House of Leaves but shorter. Touches on and gives me a lot of the same feelings HoL did, but in a more concentrated dose.
positive · AI labelView post →What I find scary are inexplicable oddities. Someone else mentioned House of Leaves... in the earlier sections where they are failing to properly measure the house by a few inches? Terrifying. Another slimmer book with similar "offness" is: You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
neutral · AI labelView post →Plan a horrorfest using only your first name. Carrie (1976) Orca(1977) Re-Animator (1985) Eight Legged Freaks (2002) You Should Have Left (2020)
neutral · AI labelView post →Lake Placid Aliens Ready or Not Ravenous You Should Have Left
neutral · AI labelView post →Sure, what we going for? Infinity Pool? You Should Have Left? Or something classic like The Thing or The Stuff?
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not sure House of Leaves would ever make sense as a film. It's so much a love child of mixed media more than anything else. I'd almost say it'd feel off to make a film of it. But the idea of the Navidson records itself being a movie.... Well "You Should Have Left" certainly didn't succeed.
negative · AI labelView post →You Should Have Left from the same writer and director and also starring Kevin Bacon is a pretty good one. Came out in 2020. Slow burn haunted house movie whose characters live in a moral gray area. The whole time you question what’s really happening. Amanda Seyfried gives a great performance.
positive · AI labelView post →I found a website where you can rent the house featured in You Should Have Left and The Feast and, no thank you! Even in the floor plan, it states "Dark Corridor" instead of hallway, like they want me to believe that that is not a portal to another dimension as in the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I found out there's a movie called "You Should Have Left" that (seems to) rip off some of the scenes from it, but I always thought the story of the house was always purposefully meant as kind of a mediocre horror plot. It surprises me to hear people find it scary.
negative · AI labelView post →Book 267: You Should Have Left - Daniel Kehlmann 🎧✍️💙📚🩸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Extremely brief but hauntingly effective novelette about a successful screenwriter’s apparent descent into madness. A weird little read that plays in the liminal spaces of our lives. Uncanny and strange. #VintageBooks #YouShouldHaveLeft
positive · AI labelView post →Luis' 31 Days Of Halloween: A Horror Movie A Day Day 3 You Should Have Left (2020, Peacock)
neutral · AI labelView post →15. You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
neutral · AI labelView post →I forgot how much of an annoying asshole everyone in You Should Have Left is or the thirty year gap between Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried with a ten year old daughter. Cool house though.
negative · AI labelView post →The (movie) You Should Have Left 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £3.99 (Horror) (iMDB) 5.4 Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Kevin Bacon, Geoff Bell
neutral · AI labelView post →Amanda Seyfried Sexy - You Should Have Left (2020)
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) You Should Have Left (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Kevin Bacon, Geoff Bell Genre: (Horror) (Movies Anywhere) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_should...
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) You Should Have Left 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Horror) (iMDB) 5.3 Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Kevin Bacon, Geoff Bell
neutral · AI labelView post →You Should Have Left (2020) is a psychological horror film with an intriguing premise and eerie atmosphere, enhanced by jump scares and unsettling sound design. While the mysterious opening successfully builds suspense, the film suffers from weak character development, unclear backstories, and unresolved plot elements, leaving viewers with more questions than answers. Despite these flaws, the movie delivers a fair amount of tension and remains an enjoyable experience for fans of the genre. Read…
positive · AI labelView post →I am rewatching You Should Have Left. There was another movie filmed in this house: The Feast. Both movies are interesting and the house is, I believe, a good setting for both stories.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched "You Should Have Left" and I liked everything - the actors, the filming - it's a very beautiful movie that creates an atmosphere masterfully - not scary, but tense and thrilling. Plus, it's basically liminal spaces + psychology. The only issue is the ending, the reveal that undid everything.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) You Should Have Left is available today on (iTunes) (Australia) for AU$4.99 Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Kevin Bacon, Geoff Bell
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched "You Should Have Left" (2020) yesterday. Reviews are at best luke warm. I disagree. I love horror and this movie does not annoy, something I often experience. What critics missed is how you feel after seeing this. That it was creepy and eerie, that you still got some questions. ->
positive · AI labelView post →Kevin Bacon horror movie 'You Should Have Left'. Wife was with son in town. House goes nuts with supernatural madness. Kevin Bacon picks up his daughter and just fucking runs for it into the night. It didn't work but I'm so glad he *tried*. So few horror movies do this at a reasonable time.
positive · AI labelView post →You Should Have Left was ok! It's definitely not unwatchable and had some legit scary moments. It did the classic horror movie thing of not knowing how to end.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the movie 'You Should Have Left' when Kevin Bacon realizes he should have left, he tries to leave. Doesn't work, mind you, but he -tries-. In the movie 'Night Swim' everyone realizes the pool is bad news but 'no longer swim in the bad pool' is not an actual consideration. Curious.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #YouShouldHaveLeft
neutral · AI labelView post →If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com This movie has every ingredient to be a horror hit. David Koepp has written and/or directed phenomenal films: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Stir of Echoes... the list keeps going. Add Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, and you've got yourself two fantastic leads. A horror flick set in a "haunted house", where the main characters go through some sort of a…
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