Hellions
IFC Midnight | Release Date: September 18, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsSep 24, 2015
There is, in other words, nothing new in Hellions that you can't get already in earlier, more ambitious horror films. But McDonald delivers an effective thrice-told tale, and he does it with enough avant garde flair to show viewers that temper their expectations a good time. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubKatie RifeSep 17, 2015
Plenty of striking, clever, effective movies have been made simply by re-arranging and re-calibrating familiar genre elements. Hellions might have been one of these, if it was predicated on something slightly less shallow than “kids in masks + chanting + blood = scary.” Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 17, 2015
Hellions is art book horror, something to flip through but never truly eerie or scary. Read full review
40
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiSep 17, 2015
A jumbled third act and an indifferent ending ultimately make Hellions disappointing. But there’s a bit of fun to be had in its opening frights, and in trying to figure out what these costumed little monsters really want. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 15, 2015
Rather than engage in slow-build horror, Pascal Trottier's screenplay flips the switch into Poultergeisty chaos. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChuck WilsonSep 15, 2015
Hellions is unsettling, but in all the wrong ways. Read full review
30
VarietyScott TobiasSep 13, 2015
Bruce McDonald’s Hellions is an unpleasant muddle of the visceral and the abstract. Read full review
25
The PlaylistDrew TaylorSep 15, 2015
Completely forgettable, Hellions is far less cool, smart, and scary than it thinks it is. Read full review
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