71
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWith eerie atmosphere to spare, and an emphasis on communal terrors and long-buried secrets, this surprisingly wistful film hews closer to folk horror, suggesting Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man by way of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz’s Messiah of Evil.
- 83The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyElegantly constructed, wittily executed, delightfully ruthless, and scary as hell.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA town where tourists and hapless visitors are murdered, and the dead are revived by a big band-loving mortician, descends into gore and madness. [16 Mar 2007, p.C5]
- 70Time OutTime OutGruesome almost to a fault, but not quite, it emerges as an efficient shocker.
- Fairly standard and cynical stuff, with enough threatening incidents to satisfy the most jaded horror-film buff.
- Most of the plot twists are confusing and haphazardly developed, leaving the movie as little more than an excuse to show off Stan Winston's admittedly effective gore effects.