DC’s body-horror experiment sits at 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, with praise for Tom Rhys

Last updated: October 23, 2026 | 09:36

The good news for DC Studios is that Clayface is landing mostly positive notices. It sits at around 74 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, well above the 52 percent earned by DC’s last outing, Supergirl , though its Metacritic score of 59 points to a more divided field.

Directed by James Watkins ( Speak No Evil , Eden Lake , The Woman in Black ) from a script by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, the film follows Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries), a Gotham-born Hollywood star whose face is mutilated by crime boss Markos Szabo (David Dencik). Desperate to get his life back, he turns to scientist Caitlyn Corr (Naomi Ackie) and her experimental nanocell treatment, which restores his looks and turns him into a shapeshifter bent on revenge.

The stakes are fairly low. With a budget of about $40 million, modest by superhero standards, Clayface doesn’t need to be a blockbuster to turn a profit.…