The Unspoken had its world premiere at the Film4 FrightFest film festival at the Prince Charles Cinema in London, England, on October 24, 2015.

[6] Variety's Owen Gleiberman described The Unspoken as a blending of "standard glossy horror tropes executed with scary ineptitude.

"[7] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times similarly characterized the film as derivative, writing, "some of the frights work reasonably well; and Ms. Ferland is convincing.

"[2] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of one out of four stars, writing: "The Unspoken makes apparent that it is possible to have an eye for a genre, but no vision.

[3] The Los Angeles Times' Noel Murray wrote that the film "has so much plot that it really shouldn't need to rely as much as it does on big, loud sounds", concluding, "This movie's about as scary as a jackhammer.