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The Forsaken
Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 7 out of 12
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  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    80
    Horror presented without restraint or apology, as a full-bore, blood-soaked load of nomad nastiness caught in constant forward motion.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    60
    The film works, cleanly, without any tiresome reliance on computer graphics.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This flashy fright flick doesn't break any new ground, but puts an attractive gloss on genre conventions.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Had it exhibited a modicum of restraint, The Forsaken could have been twice as scary.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    50
    Chalk it up as a middling B-pic that, with a bit more wit and style, could have been at least a cult item.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Writer-director J.S. Cardone's low-budget mishmash offers precious little in the way of thrills and chills, much less coherent storytelling.
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  7. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    30
    Apart from the fang-restraint of the nosferatu, however, there's precious little that's altogether new or for that matter shocking about this by-the-numbers thriller.
  8. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    30
    Reasonably well-made and all, but it's simply too familiar, too derivative and too inferior to its predecessors to have any reason to exist.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    25
    Vampire movies aren't what they used to be. How about a little mist, some shadows, some pale gray faces set off by stark red lips? Maestro, a little Transylvanian mood music, if you please.
  10. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kristy Martin
    20
    The Forsaken discourages one from caring in the least how its breed of vein-tappers came to be, or even what will happen if they take over the world.
    All this publication's reviews
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    20
    Its ponderous explanations about why there are vampires in Arizona in the new millennium (blah, blah, blah).
  12. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Bruce Fretts
    16
    While it's rarely scary, the film is often gory.
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