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43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Jeremy Knox
    70
    Much of the film rests on the shoulders of Conrad Pla who plays Raymond Pope. He is the focus of the movie and proves himself an excellent leading man.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    70
    A handsome package whose atmospherics outclass merely serviceable plot and character elements.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    Bram Stoker would be, well, horrified.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    50
    It's impossible to overstate the silliness of all this, but it would still be a decent Halloween trick - if it were Halloween.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Fairly sexy and stylish. Alas, it's also quite silly and not especially scary.
  6. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    50
    Eternal isn't that bad. Actually, it is. But it's kind of fun, too, in a way only cheesy exploitation films can be fun.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    The ending doesn't really work, and Pla tends to overplay what's already a larger-than-life character, but Neron is perfect as the striking and cucumber-cool countess.
  8. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    50
    There's nothing wrong with formulas when they work, but Eternal is neither scary nor particularly sexy.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    50
    That the acting is stilted and that the filmmakers and especially Pla take themselves so seriously serves to make Eternal deliriously silly camp fare.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    50
    Lush, lurid and completely besotted with itself, Eternal is one of those movies normally found slinking around the ether of late-night cable television.
  11. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    50
    Turns out to be semi-enjoyable, semi-tacky retelling/updating of the old Elizabeth Bathory legend.
  12. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    40
    Eternal promises kink and delivers next to nothing.
  13. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    30
    As the cop who finds himself in way over his head, kickboxer-turned-actor Conrad Pla turns in a performance of such staggering ineptitude that it almost (key word: almost) reaches a so-bad-it's-good, Plan 9 From Outer Space brilliance.
  14. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    25
    Just plain bad.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ben Kenigsberg
    20
    "It is a study of the psychopathologies of perversions," co-director Federico Sanchez says in the press notes for Eternal, which is certainly one way to rationalize a trashy lesbian vampire flick.
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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Matt
    10
    Too hot. Way sexed and crazy stuff. Caroline Neron is awesome as a killer. What's cool about this is that it's a really good mystery and every part of it is good.… Full Review »
  2. JorjaL.
    9
    Very powerful portrayal of a very scary woman. This is the best looking film of its genre I have seen in a very long time. The detective is a jerk, but I think that's the point for the payoff. Caroline Neron is amazing as the evil Countess Bathory. Or is it Countess Bathory? One wonders.... go see this for sure!… Full Review »
  3. MaryA.
    9
    Absolutely steamy, erotic thriller. Not a campy slasher movie, but a serious cat-and-mouse mystery with a Basic Instinct kind of heat.
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