First Kill
Netflix | Release Date: June 10, 2022
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45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
3
Negative:
4
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CNNBrian LowryJun 11, 2022
Season 1 Review: The appeal of the genre is understandable, since as the examples above remind us, there are bountiful rewards if you get it right. It’s just when you miss that vein, you wind up with something as toothless, bland and fitfully silly as First Kill. Read full review
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The Daily BeastLaura BradleyJun 14, 2022
Season 1 Review: In some ways, First Kill does expand and improve upon the legacies of vampire fiction—particularly contemporary teen romances like Twilight and Vampire Diaries. ... Unfortunately, this show kind of bites in every other way possible. Read full review
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DeciderJoel KellerJun 10, 2022
Season 1 Review: First Kill could have been a fun teen supernatural series. But its storytelling is so clumsy it’s just very hard to watch. Read full review
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VarietyCaroline FramkeJun 10, 2022
Season 1 Review: Sunk by a noxious combination of flat writing and flatter directing, the actors never get enough runway to make these characters anything but facsimiles of overwrought tropes. ... The worst offense “First Kill” commits, though, is that it never sells the central romance that should by all rights be its beating heart. Read full review
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