50
Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeSo while this is all rather dumb, it’s dumb fun, and aside from some incongruous soundtrack choices—the credits music encourages us to “burn down the disco,” which, sure, but during office hours?—director Brian James O’Connell plays all of his tonal elements right, which is to say fast-paced; goofy; and very, very bloody.
- 63RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoBloodsucking Bastards doesn’t quite hit all of the marks it needed to in order to wholeheartedly recommend, but it is often surprisingly clever and funnier than most horror-comedies of the last two decades.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOffers just enough B-movie pleasure to keep genre fans busy for a weekend or two before heading from theaters to vid.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenIt evinces a qualified kind of courage in its anonymous convictions, parodying a world that barely ever existed by barely existing itself.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovWhile this isn’t anywhere near a classic of the comedy-horror genre, it’s still a well-written work of splatstick that’s more downright engaging than 90% of the “serious” (i.e., mediocre) horrors that have flooded theatres of late.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe film takes a long time to get going because of all the prolonged, glib chit-chat that loses whatever satirical edge it might have initially possessed.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhy not wade in? Why not? That’s almost the only real action or borderline funny thing to it for 45 minutes or so. And it’s only 86 minutes long.