Founders Day
Dark Sky Films | Release Date: January 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatBobby LePireJan 16, 2024
The screenplay has a lot it wants to say and does so in a fun, murderous way lined with wicked humor. All the actors understood the assignment and successfully pull off their roles. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMatthew JacksonJan 18, 2024
If you’re not a slasher nerd, don’t worry, this entertaining, wicked little movie can still win you over, even if it might take you a little longer to find its particular groove. Read full review
65
Paste MagazineMatt DonatoJan 18, 2024
Erik Bloomquist’s direction is composed, and his co-written screenplay with Carson plays on politician-slamming themes, yet Founders Day is still a second-tier slasher that crosses too many plotlines in an overly complicated small-town massacre. Read full review
42
IndieWireAlison ForemanJan 21, 2024
The horror-comedy takes a mediocre stab at the meta jokes typical to post-“Scream” whodunnits, as well as blisters through more vague quips about American moderates than the old “Colbert Report.” They don’t land. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiJan 18, 2024
With a premise worth engaging with, the film can’t quite grasp what its full intentions are and the execution reflects that. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsJan 19, 2024
A couple of pedal-to-the-floor melodramatic twists suggest that “Founders Days” might’ve been a bolder or just meaner genre movie, but its toothless satire, like its timid horror drama, sadly doesn’t cut it. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJan 17, 2024
If you're going to dig the same shallow grave for the thousandth time, at least have the verve of Eli Roth's shamelessly fun Thanksgiving – or at least make sure the entire cast knows if you're going for tension or comedy. Read full review
20
VarietyDennis HarveyJan 20, 2024
There are enough formulaic elements, especially teens meeting gory deaths, to keep undiscerning viewers in their seats. But the script (co-written by Erik and sibling Carson) stumbles in its climactic revelations, with an even worse epilogue bound to send patrons out rolling their eyes in unamused disbelief. Read full review
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