During the night, an unrevealed person takes a picture of her as she sleeps, and her friend makes an empty apology as he sneaks out the door in the morning.
In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, co-directors Dallas Hallam and Patrick Horvath stated that horror is about amplification of common issues, which makes themes and metaphors easy to film.
[5] Heather Wixson of Dread Central rated the film 3.5/5 stars and called Entrance "a fascinating character study."
[6] Brad McHargue, also of Dread Central, rated the film 1/5 stars and wrote that the first hour is plodding and lacks character development, which fails to give the violent conclusion weight.
[7] Robert Koehler of Variety called the film "a textbook example of a movie that betrays its audience" because it "impulsively devolves into a manipulative slasher pic.
[9] In a positive review, Scott Weinberg of Fearnet stated that the shocking climax makes waiting through the sparse character study worthwhile.
Weinberg described the film as "not the most exciting or eventful indie horror flick" but called it "novel" and compared it to Ti West's filmography.
[10] Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King wrote that he "was really astounded by how much the filmmakers (Dallas Hallam and Patrick Horvath) did with so little".
[11] Terek Puckett of Shock Till You Drop stated that the first hour, intended to be character-driven and tense, fails to establish any interesting characters and is "quite frankly very dull".
"[12] Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News wrote that the film requires patience but is a "horrifying experience" that "plays with the ultimate fear of being alone and twists it to the most terrifying of lengths.