Dimension Films | Release Date: April 17, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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The film is shot (by Dan Lausten) with a credible creepiness, and it teems with clever touches. [17 Apr 1998]
63
Nightwatch is more stylish and well-plotted than your typical slasher film, but it doesn't quite stand out in a world where the horrific has become routine. [17 Apr 1998]
50
With its glum litany of naked corpses and mutilations, and understated actors looking bluish under the morgue's fluorescent lights, Nightwatch drains the fun out of horror. [17 Apr 1998]
50
Nightwatch is passable stuff for undiscriminating fans of the ickier-the-better genre; for the rest of us, it offers nothing new. [17 Apr 1998]
40
Tasteless and without redeeming social value, and also dank with the stench of decomposition masked by not enough formaldehyde, Nightwatch is the best kind of movie pleasure, a completely guilty one. [17 Apr 1998]
38
It's dreadful, despite a solid cast that includes art-house heartthrob Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette and Josh Brolin. [17 Apr 1998]
25
Nightwatch quickly declines from creepy to silly. [17 Apr 1998]
25
The biggest failing of the film is that it's the lamest possible excuse for a whodunit. [17 Apr 1998]