Twins of Evil
Rank Film Distributors | Release Date: June 1, 1972 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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88
Slant MagazineBudd Wilkins
Twins of Evil benefits considerably from seasoned performances by a veteran cast that includes genre icon Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, and Kathleen Byron. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Twins Of Evil, like the best of Hammer, is about entering a world of castles, creatures, and torch-wielding mobs, all a little darker and more colorful than expected. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
John Hough has given Tudor Gates’ script [based on a characters created by J. Sheridan Le Fanu] a good pace and directed so that audiences can take it as straight horror or as a slight send-up. Read full review
70
The TelegraphTim Stanley
It's bawdy, sexy, gory, schlocky, and rollicks along at a cracking pace. [28 Feb 2014]
50
The New York TimesA.H. Weiler
The rest of the costumed crew, led by that veteran horror hand, Peter Cushing, as the twins' witchhunting uncle, who chases the fanged Count and his retinue, hardly give Twins of Evil a good name. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Some moments of Gothic atmosphere though, don't quite dispel the feeling that much of the plot is devoted to developing situations where its leading ladies might be disrobed for the camera. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Director John Hough, who made his mark in several episodes of the popular television series The Avengers, keeps things moving at a brisk pace and stages the scenes of horror with considerable panache. Read full review
50
Village VoiceGary Alan Aspenberg
Twins loses its center and therefore the nightmarish force of the earlier film. [10 Aug 1972, p.57]
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