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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Writer-director Paul Etheredge-Ouzts doesn't know how to create anything resembling suspense. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: Has both novelty and back-to-basics ingenuity in its favor, along with memorable characters and the deft combination of gory shocks and comic relief that's essential to the genre. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: This isn't a particularly good movie, and it's offensive in the way mid-range low-budget slasher shows usually are. But it works better than some. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: The horror in the film is mediocre at best. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A genre cheapie from its digital-video camerawork to its Casiotone soundtrack to its bland, buff cast, the movie is a cultural watershed in a dry gulch. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Aa hard-charging horror movie with a clever gay twist. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: What you might not expect is that this queer-slanted slasher flick is actually pretty good. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: HellBent is frank enough in its depiction of gay male sexuality to make many in the general moviegoing audience squirm and just self-mocking enough to make its target audience laugh. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Either it's a truly lousy retread of horror-movie cliches, or it's a mildly amusing sendup of them. Read more
Laura Kern, New York Times: Because more time is dedicated to crafting authentic, sympathetic characters than the average horror movie, it's easier to overlook the film's often-corny dialogue and so-so special effects. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The film goes through the motions familiar from mainstream slasher movies, but without an underlying logic motivating the action, the film becomes an exercise in blood-spattered boredom. Read more
Jorge Morales, Village Voice: The scariest thing about Hellbent is that somebody thought making this humorless gaysploitation slasher flick would be a good idea. Read more