| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a proficient, atmospheric fangfest that does nothing you haven't seen before but still does it passably well." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a better than average example of the genre..." more... |
B- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"...sucks the fun out of graphic novel." more... |
C |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"A nifty premise... spoiled by slipshod storytelling and a grim, charmless cast." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...relentlessly one-note." more... |
D |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...amounts to two hours of missed opportunities." more... |
D+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Megan Lehmann |
"...dramatically, the film is a shambles, with whiplash-inducing lurches in tone and pacing that make it seem as if portions were edited out of sequence." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Hartnett...once again displays the same range of facial expressions as the average footstool..." more... |
D |
New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz |
"...tedious, inconsequential B picture. " more... |
C- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Finally - a modern vampire movie where audiences sympathize with the victims rather than their attackers." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"...well-paced and entertaining..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer |
"Horror films live or die by the quality of their villains, and in this case the vampires don't seem fully fleshed out." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"(Director) Slade keeps the action moving, the clichés at arm's length and the genre infused with new blood." more... |
B |
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