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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 60
    Dallas Observer | Luke Y. Thompson

    If your expectations aren't too high, there's lots of cool shit on-screen. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Scott Foundas

    A cobwebbed, mummified horror entry that makes obvious, cartoonishly grotesque demands for attention. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Zombie's sense of fun gets buried under the growing pile of bodies, and eventually, we're left with little more than a frenzy of sadism. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dave Kehr

    As much as film buffs might enjoy recognizing references to "Motel Hell" and other drive-in classics, Mr. Zombie's encyclopedic approach to the genre results in a crowded, frenzied film in which no single idea is developed to a satisfying payoff. Read full review

  • 50
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Isn't coherent, exactly, but what dripping-ghoul horror movie is these days? The new rule is, It's not hip to make sense when you're raising hell. Read full review

  • 40
    The Onion A.V. Club | Keith Phipps

    The setup almost needs footnotes, which makes it all the more puzzling that Zombie's obvious love for horror's past would translate into such a joyless, grisly rehashing. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    The endless gore and violence make the experience torturous -- and not just for the victims in the movie. Read full review

  • 30
    L.A. Weekly | Dan Fienberg

    Zombie wants his film to be gleefully demented, but he fails to grasp that loud, inbred evil people torturing stupid, grating benign people isn’t disturbing as much as tedious. Read full review

  • 30
    Village Voice |

    Straining to put his own stamp on this stale-from-the-crypt material, Zombie falls back on the twitchy visual grammar of his videos, splicing in dream sequences and grainy porno-snippets apparently purchased at Bob Crane's estate sale. The violence eventually becomes more inhuman than human. Read full review

  • 11
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    The film is a mess, going all over the graveyard but never finding the grave. It's the work of a fan with too much time (and money) on his hands, eagerly awaited but best forgotten. Read full review

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