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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Orlando SentinelOrlando SentinelExcellent flick. [22 Feb 1991, p.13]
- 75Washington PostRichard HarringtonWashington PostRichard HarringtonExcept for a few gory flourishes and several jolly special effects, Warlock is a surprisingly old-fashioned horror adventure that benefits from the superbly malevolent presence of Julian Sands as said warlock.
- 70The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyWarlock is unexpectedly entertaining, having been concocted with comic imagination by D. T. Twohy, who wrote the screenplay, and Steve Miner, the director.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldAs directed and produced by Steve Miner, the film is gory (eyes gouged out, a tongue bitten out, children murdered), but it also features better than usual actors (including Richard E. Grant as a 17th-century warlock-hunter who also jumps into the future) and has such a giddy sense of humor that it's hard to ever get too indignant about its splatter violence. [12 Jan 1991]
- 40Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisDirector Miner (Friday the 13th, House) executes some of the scary scenes competently (one in which Sands gives his male host the ultimate French kiss is grossly memorable), but he never takes the material beyond its rather limited parameters.
- 38The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe best that can be said of this campy but witless time-travel thriller is that it's acted with some authority. [12 Jan 1991, p.C7]
- 25Portland OregonianPortland OregonianA dull and hackneyed would-be thriller, it takes such elements as Satanism, time-travel and cross-country treasure-hunting and combines them to no effect whatsoever. [18 Jan 1991, p.R13]
- 25St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe PollackSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe PollackWarlock is one of those awful movies that serves a purpose: On a rainy day it's a way to keep dry, and most of the film is so dark that it's easy to nod off during the duller parts. [06 Mar 1991, p.5E]
- 20Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonWarlock is supposedly about the battle between Good and Evil, but movies about the battle between Heckle and Jeckle have more terror or profundity. [17 Jan 1991, p.F12]