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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatWriter-Director Paul Etheredge-Ouzts has a clear understanding of the beauty of a slasher film. A formulaic genre, it’s not the blueprint that’s important, it’s what you do inside it that matters.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA hard-charging horror movie with a clever gay twist.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA straight-ahead slasher pic with the big difference of an all-gay male character cast, Hellbent is fun -- if minor horror fun -- ably handled by first-time feature helmer Paul Etheredge-Ouzts.
- 60L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonYou can be sure that his victims die shirtless, and are as dumb as the hetero dimwits who fell prey to Jason or Freddy, but what you might not expect is that this queer-slanted slasher flick is actually pretty good.
- 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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLuke SaderThe Hollywood ReporterLuke SaderFairly competent but hardly engrossing.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerApart from the gender twists, there is one notable difference between the traditional slasher flick and this gay take: Here, even the nice boy gets it on. And he doesn't even get punished for it.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere are two ways of looking at Paul Etheredge-Ouzts' thriller, which he is proudly billing as "the first-ever all-gay slasher film." Either it's a truly lousy retread of horror-movie clichés, or it's a mildly amusing sendup of them.
- 38Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezThere's nothing here that hasn't been done before, and better, in any given "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th" sequel.
- 0Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe scariest thing about Hellbent is that somebody thought making this humorless gaysploitation slasher flick would be a good idea.