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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorIf Kiss of the Damned has one thing, it's an identifiable groove, one that is sustained and very, very infectious.
- 70VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinSaucily thumbing its nose at the insipid teen love of the "Twilight" franchise, Kiss reimagines its bloodsuckers as horny, supercilious Eurotrash with addiction issues, sucking the life blood from naive American thrill-seekers.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayLike a lot of the retro-horror films that have popped up on the art-house and festival circuits over the past several years, Xan Cassavetes’ Kiss Of The Damned is more about mood and texture than plot.
- 60Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesCassavetes adopts a grammar that occasionally slides into parody but mostly comes across as committed style. Kiss of the Damned contributes little new to the genre save a taste for alluringly tactile sex scenes and an avoidance of gore.
- 60Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonLos Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonThe confident, female-driven sensuality of Kiss of the Damned anchors this handsome nonsense.
- 50Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezXan Cassavetes cops to nothing more significant than being more keen on Vampyros Lesbos than anyone else from her clan of famous cinephiles.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungThe Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungPaying slavish homage to culty genre predecessors from the sixties, seventies and eighties, this steamy tale of a hunky screenwriter, his ethereal blood-sucking paramour and her bad-girl sister can't quite decide whether to be seductively stylish or knowingly cheesy.
- 30Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerVillage VoiceAndrew SchenkerCassavetes puts over this simple, poorly acted story with moody lighting, self-consciously "beautiful" gore, and an annoying penchant for impressionistic quick-cut flashbacks, all of which get in the way of rather than enhance the supposed fun.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMore focused on philosophy then feeding, “Kiss” marries a mash-up of undead clichés (I know, let’s have another lingering shot of the moon!) to hilariously stilted conversations.
- 25ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedWell photographed, lurid enough to cause concern for the teen market it aims to captivate, and with enough blood to refurbish an abattoir, Kiss of the Damned creates an eerie, foreboding anxiety that comes uneasily close to terror. Too bad they seem to be making it up as they go along.