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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A bizarre psychological study of degeneration and dependency, The Living and the Dead is a horror movie only in the most literal sense. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: The Living and the Dead is not an easy movie to sit through, and its darkness may be a little mannered, but it's an elegant construction with real emotions buried deep inside. Read more
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: This is great filmmaking in the sense that overplayed virtuoso guitar shredding is great music -- which is to say, not at all. Read more