There's a nostalgia factor here that will attract some genre fans but others will find that the cramming together of so many tropes weakens the impact of any individual one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a nostalgia factor here that will attract some genre fans but others will find that the cramming together of so many tropes weakens the impact of any individual one.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A great film to watch with horror-loving friends, to see who you can spot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A great film to watch with horror-loving friends, to see who you can spot.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Danny Boyle directs with the right balance of tension and wit, never forgetting that violence begets violence as one thing leads to another.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The fat-is-gross non-PC running gag trips up after half an hour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

We never know what's at stake for the characters, none of whom works as a sympathetic point of view protaganist.

~ Martin Gray -

This is as much a film about femininity as Jaws was about masculinity.

~ Luke Shaw -

This is as much a film about femininity as Jaws was about masculinity.

~ Luke Shaw -

The characters work well...but there’s never quite enough energy to events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The characters work well...but there’s never quite enough energy to events.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot of great potential here. Roe and Andrews don't quite have what it takes to pull it together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There's a lot of great potential here. Roe and Andrews don't quite have what it takes to pull it together.

~ Jennie Kermode -

If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

If ever there was a critic-proof film, this is most certainly it - but, pleasingly, it's so good that it doesn't have to be.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hallow Road is an Irish co-production, and it shows both in theme and in quality.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There is an exercise in nostalgia from the fonts in the credits that seem serif-perfect to the liberal reapplication of Carpenter's original score.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There is an exercise in nostalgia from the fonts in the credits that seem serif-perfect to the liberal reapplication of Carpenter's original score.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You know what's going to happen. The only difference is the teenagers don't strip first.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

You know what's going to happen. The only difference is the teenagers don't strip first.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

~ Gator MacReady -

It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

~ Gator MacReady -

Yates conjures up a succession of ‘follow-that’ face-offs which equal the opening salvo for edge-of-the-seat bravura.

~ Jeff Robson -

Yates conjures up a succession of ‘follow-that’ face-offs which equal the opening salvo for edge-of-the-seat bravura.

~ Jeff Robson -

Watching a killing machine kill got boring well over a decade ago.

~ Gator MacReady -

Watching a killing machine kill got boring well over a decade ago.

~ Gator MacReady -

The women are plain spoken and angry rather than just whimpery - most of the time - but they don't get to do very much.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The women are plain spoken and angry rather than just whimpery - most of the time - but they don't get to do very much.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both leads flounder around with low level racist and misogynistic lines that were probably intended to be daring but are in fact more likely to cause offence just because they're so badly written.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Both leads flounder around with low level racist and misogynistic lines that were probably intended to be daring but are in fact more likely to cause offence just because they're so badly written.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

There’s plenty of the pre-requisite tension, and the monsters are designed well and deployed with restraint.

~ Luke Shaw -

There's a lot to get through and at times this feels rushed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a lot to get through and at times this feels rushed.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For fans there's a lot to pick up on, but even casual audiences will be able to keep up.

~ Andrew Robertson -

For fans there's a lot to pick up on, but even casual audiences will be able to keep up.

~ Andrew Robertson -