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29 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Ketchum, this film deals with the fictionalized account of the 1965 true story of Sylvia Likens's brutal torture, rape and abuse in the basement of a family member's Indiana home. (Moderncine)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    Neither Ketchum nor the filmmakers take an exploitative approach to the material; their focus is the way the youngsters' petty cruelty erupts into murderous sadism.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    40
    The result is a great-looking bore.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    30
    Gregory M. Wilson, the film's director, has made the kind of movie that makes you wish you could rinse your brain in bleach, to wash all traces of it from your memory.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. DougM.
    10
    This movie is not an easy one to watch, but it is just as gripping and disturbing as the book, and blance baker as ruth was phenomenal.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JohnE.
    10
    Don't listen to stodgy critics - this film is a powerhouse on all levels. Terrifying and tragic, it sucker punches the viewer and leaves him with a film experience he'll never forget.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JoeF.
    0
    Irresponsibly exploitive and feebly made. Only harry potter abuses its child actors more.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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