Eternal
Regent Releasing | Release Date: August 26, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3
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70
Film ThreatJeremy Knox
Much of the film rests on the shoulders of Conrad Pla who plays Raymond Pope. He is the focus of the movie and proves himself an excellent leading man. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
A handsome package whose atmospherics outclass merely serviceable plot and character elements. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
There's nothing wrong with formulas when they work, but Eternal is neither scary nor particularly sexy. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Bram Stoker would be, well, horrified. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Lush, lurid and completely besotted with itself, Eternal is one of those movies normally found slinking around the ether of late-night cable television. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The ending doesn't really work, and Pla tends to overplay what's already a larger-than-life character, but Neron is perfect as the striking and cucumber-cool countess. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Fairly sexy and stylish. Alas, it's also quite silly and not especially scary. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
It's impossible to overstate the silliness of all this, but it would still be a decent Halloween trick - if it were Halloween. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
Turns out to be semi-enjoyable, semi-tacky retelling/updating of the old Elizabeth Bathory legend. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Eternal isn't that bad. Actually, it is. But it's kind of fun, too, in a way only cheesy exploitation films can be fun. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
That the acting is stilted and that the filmmakers and especially Pla take themselves so seriously serves to make Eternal deliriously silly camp fare. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Eternal promises kink and delivers next to nothing. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyMark Olsen
As the cop who finds himself in way over his head, kickboxer-turned-actor Conrad Pla turns in a performance of such staggering ineptitude that it almost (key word: almost) reaches a so-bad-it's-good, Plan 9 From Outer Space brilliance. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Just plain bad. Read full review
20
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
"It is a study of the psychopathologies of perversions," co-director Federico Sanchez says in the press notes for Eternal, which is certainly one way to rationalize a trashy lesbian vampire flick. Read full review
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