REVIEWS
“INCREDIBLY GRUESOME AND UNDENIABLY SATISFYING”
"...A SOLID MONSTER MOVIE..."
Moriarty, Ain't It Cool News
“THE KEY IS, MORE MOVIES LIKE SPLINTER, FEWER MOVIES LIKE FRIDAY THE 13TH”
Ben Mankiewicz, ABC’s At The Movies
"SPECTACULARLY UNNERVING: HAIR-TRIGGER HORROR..."
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
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“This modest little genre piece is smarter than most of the overproduced and heavily marketed studio fare that’s been filling the multiplexes this fall. It’s short, taut, nicely shot, well-acted, astutely directed, specific where it might have been generic, original enough to be engrossing and derivative enough to be amusing.”
“A tasty little treat just in time for halloween.”
“...a thriller along the lines of The Thing or Alien.”
“Splinter is a really smart little horror flick.”
“If Saw V offers an example of how little filmmakers can get away with, Splinter proves how much a director can do with next to nothing.”
“It’s too well-made and far too much fun not to deserve a place in the cult horror-movie canon.”
FilmCritic.com
“Honors the conventions of the genre with skill and enough wit to keep the scares sharp.”
A. O. Scott, The New York Times
“…down-and-dirty, gory survival tale, lovingly steeped in creature-hostage nightmares (think George Romero’s zombie films and John Carpenter’s The Thing)”
The LA Times
“ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST INDEPENDENT HORROR FILMS.”
Fangoria.com
"I LOVED IT TO PIECES"
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
"...GENUINELY FRIGHTENING RETRO-NIGHTMARE..."
"...INGENIOUS, AWESOME MONSTER MOVIE..."
Paper Magazine
“SPLINTER
DELIVERS
THE YEAR’S
BEST BEAST”
“If you have to lose an arm and a leg to see the film, I say go for it…”
BloodyDisgusting.com
“Splinter is a good old-fashioned story that never shies away from its roots and features fantastic creature effects.”
DreadCentral.com
“…A TRULY SCARY AND ASS KICKING GOOD TIME.”
MoviesOnline.ca
“Gory, intelligent and all around… bad ass.”
Horror-Movies.ca
“Splinter is well crafted, engagingly performed and thoroughly likeable from start to finish.”
"SPLINTER IS A MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT IN INDIE HORROR DONE SUPER DUPER RIGHT."
“If you’re looking for a sharp new release for a frightening Friday night, Splinter delivers the gory goods.”
Joe Lynch, G4 TV’s Body Count
“SMART AND NAIL-BITING HORROR.”
The Independent (London)
"A MUST-SEE FOR CREATURE FEATURE FANS"
“…a solid little gem that should be sought out by anyone who loved the allure of Aliens, the austerity of Assault on Precinct 13 (the original), and the moment when a member of McReady’s crew turned into a upside down spider head.”
"…the best use of a severed hand since Evil Dead II"
“A tight and tense horror treat.”
Entertainment Weekly
“Horror fanatics should seek out this inventively gory, bone-cracking shocker with echoes of The Thing.”
The Times (London)
“…this lithe, low-budget
people-versus-insatiable-bloodsucker comedy of horrors works like a charm.”
Entertainment Weekly
"A REALLY REALISTIC SENSE OF TERROR
AND FRIGHT."
Ben Mankiewicz,
ABC’s At The Movies
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