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Sorority Row
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24 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Russell Edwards
    50
    An average slasher picture that meanders indecisively between gore and gags.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    There's little to distinguish this from the rest of the entries coming down the horror film assembly line, though the presence of Carrie Fisher as a shotgun-toting housemother who taunts the killer by shouting "Come to mama!" offers some camp value.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    40
    Even the gratuitous nudity can't quite save a Heathers-goes-to-college horror that's undermined by a silly plot and clunky dialogue.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    40
    In this breeding ground for date rape and HPV, there are some trashy kicks in seeing horrible people get theirs, plus housemother Fisher goes all buck wild with a shotgun.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    40
    It lapses into that familiar category of movies that go in for lots of fancy obfuscation along the way only to make its story seem all the more simple, trite and contrived by the finish.
  6. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    30
    Call me the sarcastic sister, but the only things screaming in any convincing way here are the cheap look, epileptic direction and off-key, "edgy" humor. It's all so '80s, I could die.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    30
    An interminable mess of a film that juggles more characters and undeveloped subplots than it can handle and even manages to bungle the setup.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Perry
    25
    Follows the imaginatively bankrupt trend of remaking slasher films from the 1970s and '80s. This time, it's a regurgitation of Mark Rosman's "The House on Sorority Row.''
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kate Ward
    25
    The tedious flick offers little more than a few scares, and plenty of boobs. And we're not just talking about the cast.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Steven Hyden
    25
    Sorority Row might be utterly lacking in suspense, surprises, and wit, but nobody can say it doesn't have a hero.
  11. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    20
    Brings absolutely nothing new to the autopsy table that wasn't previously covered.
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5.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 6 out of 19
  1. solutions10
    10
    Apparently people haven't realized why this genre even exists yet, and are comparing it to other films that aren't even the same thing. This is not a suspense flick, it's a campy slasher flick. It's not even intended to scare you. The entire point of movies like this is really, really simple: Have someone kill a bunch of teenagers for some reason, throw in some camp value, and sprinkle in some creativity in how everyone gets killed. That's the only thing that's needed. So, let's run it down: Teenagers getting killed for an actual reason, and actually makes a little sense why they would deserve to die? Check. Carrie Fisher as a fearless, badass woman firing a shotgun that somehow doesn't need reloading (she fires it ten times in succession without one reload)? Camp value, check. Creativity in kills? Well, they're nothing groundbreaking, but at least they've all got their own flavor as the girls are picked off one by one. The first one is the best, in my opinion, because the girl is offering someone sexual favors for drugs, and the killer kills the girl by jamming the beer bottle she's drinking down her throat while she's sipping it, and then breaking it so the glass destroys her esophagus. Not bad, I suppose. And a twist ending to boot that would be pretty hard to see coming, but is actually sensible. So where's the problem here? If you want a cool slasher flick, here you go. Watching Carrie Fisher chase a mass murderer through a house with a damned shotgun is worth the money alone.… Full Review »
  2. aaronpaul121
    0
    A terribly-made film that has a plot that went nowhere, cheap acting, lack of suspense/surprise and a pointless ending..............… Full Review »
  3. Halfwelshman
    1
    Sorority Row quite astoundingly manages to pull off insulting men and women in equal measure. As a film it's morally bereft, utterly shallow, dumb, predictable, badly acted and really quite boring to boot. It doesn't really work on any level, not as a horror, comedy or even as a distraction for randy teenagers (it would have to at least be a little bit sexy to satisfy the latter, and it just isn't). I honestly found myself chewing through my own hand in order to summon the willpower to make it through to the end of this dire movie. It's complete durge, and what's even worse is that the film's conclusion leaves open the possibility of something utterly terrifying - a sequel. The only redeeming feature of the whole thing is Carrie Fisher, who is stupendously entertaining when she is briefly on screen as the stern but maternal, shotgun-wielding sorority mother. Thank you Miss Fisher, you at least made your scenes bearable through sheer ballsiness.… Full Review »
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