Overview
Genre :
Thriller, HorrorRelease Date :
April 13, 2012MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Drew GoddardStarring :
Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Brian J. White, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers [Rate It]
“..this is a hugely entertaining, brilliantly crafted entertainment that's witty, ground-breaking and-most important of all-fun..”
by Christopher Tookey [Daily Mail [UK]]
“..there is a lot of blood-in fact it's hard to think of many scenes that don't have a lot of blood..”
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times]
“..the movie balances nicely on the edge of meta-horror..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
Review rate : B-
“..the honest terror of real horror is never a threat..”
“..the honest terror of real horror is never a threat..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
“..the filmmakers unmanage their climactic revelation with far more zest than finesse..”
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal]
“..the film manages not only to present the genre with knowing winks and give it a few necessary nudges but also treats it with undeniable respect..”
by Mark Dujsik [Sci-Fi Movie Page]
“..the film is sometimes a little too cocky about deconstructing a genre that has long since had a chainsaw taken to it..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
“..the devilishly clever script tries a lot of things..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..takes special delight in the mechanics of its own artifice..”
by A.O. Scott [New York Times]
“..some dialogue will remind audiences of the sassy sarcasm tossed off in the face of monstrous creatures in Whedon's cult TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..really, these five are less characters than game pieces, both for the team in that mysterious control room and for the audience..”
by Dana Stevens [Slate]
Review rate : B
“..it's all ghoulish good fun..”
“..it's all ghoulish good fun..”
by Frank Swietek [One Guy's Opinion]
“..full of surprises-so the less you know about it, the better..”
by Scott A. Mantz [Access Hollywood]
“..enjoyable, blackly comic horror with strong performances, a decent balance of gore and gags and a script that's both witty and inventive..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
“..does present a fresh narrative twist on it, and it intriguingly forces the audience to wonder if they should be rooting for the slayed or the slayers..”
by Peter Canavese [Groucho Reviews]
“..all the major players fit the classic horror-movie archetypes..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
