The Forsaken
Screen Gems | Release Date: April 27, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film.comGemma Files
Horror presented without restraint or apology, as a full-bore, blood-soaked load of nomad nastiness caught in constant forward motion. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
The film works, cleanly, without any tiresome reliance on computer graphics. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Chalk it up as a middling B-pic that, with a bit more wit and style, could have been at least a cult item. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This flashy fright flick doesn't break any new ground, but puts an attractive gloss on genre conventions. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Had it exhibited a modicum of restraint, The Forsaken could have been twice as scary. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Writer-director J.S. Cardone's low-budget mishmash offers precious little in the way of thrills and chills, much less coherent storytelling.
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Apart from the fang-restraint of the nosferatu, however, there's precious little that's altogether new or for that matter shocking about this by-the-numbers thriller. Read full review
30
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
Reasonably well-made and all, but it's simply too familiar, too derivative and too inferior to its predecessors to have any reason to exist. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Vampire movies aren't what they used to be. How about a little mist, some shadows, some pale gray faces set off by stark red lips? Maestro, a little Transylvanian mood music, if you please. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Its ponderous explanations about why there are vampires in Arizona in the new millennium (blah, blah, blah). Read full review
20
Mr. ShowbizKristy Martin
The Forsaken discourages one from caring in the least how its breed of vein-tappers came to be, or even what will happen if they take over the world.
16
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
While it's rarely scary, the film is often gory. Read full review
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