Kiss of the Damned
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: May 3, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
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4
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The PlaylistDrew TaylorMar 11, 2013
If Kiss of the Damned has one thing, it's an identifiable groove, one that is sustained and very, very infectious. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie FelperinFeb 22, 2013
Saucily thumbing its nose at the insipid teen love of the "Twilight" franchise, Kiss reimagines its bloodsuckers as horny, supercilious Eurotrash with addiction issues, sucking the life blood from naive American thrill-seekers. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMay 1, 2013
Like a lot of the retro-horror films that have popped up on the art-house and festival circuits over the past several years, Xan Cassavetes’ Kiss Of The Damned is more about mood and texture than plot. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMay 9, 2013
The characters' high-minded, if unsophisticated, patter clashes with the film's ironic-chic style, and it never manages to move beyond the late-night palaver of earnest, if naive, college freshmen. Read full review
63
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeMay 2, 2013
The sex is the main thing that makes Kiss of the Damned worthwhile. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonMay 2, 2013
The confident, female-driven sensuality of Kiss of the Damned anchors this handsome nonsense. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesApr 30, 2013
Cassavetes adopts a grammar that occasionally slides into parody but mostly comes across as committed style. Kiss of the Damned contributes little new to the genre save a taste for alluringly tactile sex scenes and an avoidance of gore. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezApr 27, 2013
Xan Cassavetes cops to nothing more significant than being more keen on Vampyros Lesbos than anyone else from her clan of famous cinephiles. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungFeb 22, 2013
Paying slavish homage to culty genre predecessors from the sixties, seventies and eighties, this steamy tale of a hunky screenwriter, his ethereal blood-sucking paramour and her bad-girl sister can't quite decide whether to be seductively stylish or knowingly cheesy. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 2, 2013
More focused on philosophy then feeding, “Kiss” marries a mash-up of undead clichés (I know, let’s have another lingering shot of the moon!) to hilariously stilted conversations. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerApr 30, 2013
Cassavetes puts over this simple, poorly acted story with moody lighting, self-consciously "beautiful" gore, and an annoying penchant for impressionistic quick-cut flashbacks, all of which get in the way of rather than enhance the supposed fun. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedApr 30, 2013
Well photographed, lurid enough to cause concern for the teen market it aims to captivate, and with enough blood to refurbish an abattoir, Kiss of the Damned creates an eerie, foreboding anxiety that comes uneasily close to terror. Too bad they seem to be making it up as they go along. Read full review
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