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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckTautly orchestrated within its single setting and photographed and edited for maximum shock value, The Damned never really rises above its standard conventions. But its fast pacing and sheer air of conviction make it a better than average example of its overworked genre.
- 50Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyIt's all well acted and expertly crafted — quick edits that play mind and visual games with the viewer, music that heightens tension, some cool special effects — but most of the victims are people you want to slap even before their secrets are spilled.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanYou won't get much back story, and the action is fairly generic. But The Damned still makes for a serviceable horror flick, with better performances than a movie of this caliber usually offers.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe script by Richard D'Ovidio is so packed with knuckleheaded moves and ultra-obvious dialogue ("Dad, there's something wrong with this place!") that the whole enterprise proves more risible than frightening.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisPlaying characters with no real substance, the actors struggle to develop a sense of shared peril.
- 25Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundFrom its first draw of blood onward, it bolts down a foreseeable slasher-movie trajectory, laying on thick the dramatic irony while constantly inventing new reasons to punish its characters for old iniquities.