Bloodsucking Bastards
Shout! Factory | Release Date: September 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
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4
Negative:
1
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75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeSep 2, 2015
So while this is all rather dumb, it’s dumb fun, and aside from some incongruous soundtrack choices—the credits music encourages us to “burn down the disco,” which, sure, but during office hours?—director Brian James O’Connell plays all of his tonal elements right, which is to say fast-paced; goofy; and very, very bloody. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 4, 2015
Bloodsucking Bastards doesn’t quite hit all of the marks it needed to in order to wholeheartedly recommend, but it is often surprisingly clever and funnier than most horror-comedies of the last two decades. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 4, 2015
Offers just enough B-movie pleasure to keep genre fans busy for a weekend or two before heading from theaters to vid. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 2, 2015
While this isn’t anywhere near a classic of the comedy-horror genre, it’s still a well-written work of splatstick that’s more downright engaging than 90% of the “serious” (i.e., mediocre) horrors that have flooded theatres of late. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenAug 31, 2015
It evinces a qualified kind of courage in its anonymous convictions, parodying a world that barely ever existed by barely existing itself. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenSep 3, 2015
The film takes a long time to get going because of all the prolonged, glib chit-chat that loses whatever satirical edge it might have initially possessed. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 1, 2015
Why not wade in? Why not? That’s almost the only real action or borderline funny thing to it for 45 minutes or so. And it’s only 86 minutes long. Read full review
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