Critic Reviews
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TV Guide
Character actress Lin Shaye, usually relegated to grotesque supporting roles in mainstream comedies, is a revelation as Buono's embittered, cancer-ridden mother.
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Variety
Plays as a blackly comic slice of mock '70s-style exploitation that flirts with the viewer before applying its chokehold.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The filmmakers are clearly most interested in re-creating the murders in a gruesome and repugnant fashion. It's a shame the film is so exploitative, because Howell and especially Turturro deliver chilling, all too convincing performances.
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Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
A garishly slick piece of exploitation with surprisingly high production values but nary a moment of suspense.
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New York Daily News
Here's one for the Sick Voyeurs Club.
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Christian Science Monitor
Sordid and sleazy, although the lead performances are hard to fault.
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The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Relentlessly unpleasant film.
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Empire
Scott Russon
Irresponsible, exploitative trash.
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New York Post
Another repulsive, fetishistic trawl through the life and crimes of a serial killer.
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LA Weekly
A good horse kick, or a fistful of Valium, may help you get through this relentlessly sadistic exercise with your soul more or less intact.
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