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  • Summary: Cult legend Dario Argento's latest is a maniacal and cynical tale of a serial killer pinning the life of his captives on the outcome of a video poker game. (Two Boots Pioneer Theatre)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Reviewed by: Elliott Stein
    70
    Ingenious but relatively tame thriller.
  2. Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    60
    Argento fans lusting for a classy slasher movie of the "Suspiria"/"Opera" variety are headed for a disappointing rendezvous with an old-fashioned police thriller, upgraded by serious actors in the main roles.
  3. 30
    This oddly flat serial-killer picture shows none of the baroque flair that characterizes the best of Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento's work.

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