HellBent
User Score
5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8

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  1. JohnE.
    Oct 10, 2006
    5
    Seen better and seen worse. Doesn't bring anything new, apart from all the main characters been gay. Did like the eye bit though.
  2. jeffreyh
    Sep 20, 2005
    1
    Moronic muscle Marys menaced by marauding masked maniac. Rotten.
  3. mikej.
    Sep 21, 2005
    2
    The acting and production are so bad, it makes gay porn look like Scorsese in comparison.
  4. MichaelL.
    Sep 19, 2005
    6
    I thought I'd have to walk out of "Hellbent" during the first 30 minutes. Every possible gay cliche was dragged out and paraded. The sound was terrible, and the blasting metal rock soundtrack drove me to distraction. But, once the slicing and dicing started, I decided to forget the plot holes (big enough to drive a Buick through), the poor-to-mediocre acting, and the straight actors playing gay, and just go for the ride. And, truthfully, it was a fun ride with some genuine scares and nail-biting moments. The last seconds of the film, though oddly unexplained, are truly brilliant.… Expand
  5. IsaacJDJ
    Oct 18, 2006
    8
    OK, I didn't go into this movie expecting anything great I knew it was being marketing as "the first gay-slasher movie" and I heard from friends that it was descent to ok, but I must say that the few final scenes in the movie really made up for the movie after all. If you can get pass the bad acting, and bad production, you can really enjoy a fun slasher with a gay twist. Go campy horror fun.… Expand
  6. MaxM.
    Nov 11, 2005
    7
    Despite the one thing that would make this a good B-movie (motive), I had fun watching this flick. It played the Hawaii Rainbow Film Festival and all left smiling, if not chilled.

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Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    60
    A straight-ahead slasher pic with the big difference of an all-gay male character cast, Hellbent is fun -- if minor horror fun -- ably handled by first-time feature helmer Paul Etheredge-Ouzts.
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  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Amanda Reyes
    80
    Writer-Director Paul Etheredge-Ouzts has a clear understanding of the beauty of a slasher film. A formulaic genre, it’s not the blueprint that’s important, it’s what you do inside it that matters.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jorge Morales
    0
    The scariest thing about Hellbent is that somebody thought making this humorless gaysploitation slasher flick would be a good idea.
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