| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

[Director] Wilkins understands that what we don't see is often more unsettling than what we do. But he also throws in plenty of well-earned gore, making this an ideal option if you're looking for a few new Halloween scares.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2008

There have been worse horror flicks, but although this one offers a few scares, it doesn't have a lot of imagination.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 31, 2008

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.

| Oct 31, 2008

With Splinter, the director Toby Wilkins honors the conventions of the horror genre with skill and enough wit to keep the scares sharp.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 31, 2008

This is classic Halloween fun, with plenty of thrills and chills, surprisingly believable performances, and healthy doses of humor.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 30, 2008

The film lacks that spark of originality or humor or thematic resonance that might have elevated it from forgettable genre time-passer to something more lasting.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Oct 30, 2008

If you've seen The Thing or The Evil Dead, you've seen much of Splinter, but it's a lean, fast-moving and fun little flick that doesn't waste any of its scant 82 minutes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 30, 2008

A nifty horror movie that doesn't claim to be anything other than a zippy exercise in creature-feature entertainment.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 29, 2008

Exactly what a B-movie should be.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2008

Spare, effective and genuinely frightening.

Full Review | Oct 27, 2008

Splinter has a hackneyed gimmick -- dead bodies trying to smash their way into an isolated convenience store -- but I loved it to pieces.

| Oct 27, 2008

Whenever a romantic couple in a movie goes camping in the remote woods, you just know it's a bad idea.

Full Review | Oct 22, 2008

Once audiences get over snickering at a creature that they initially write off as a rabid hedgehog (too bad that Geoffrey Rush film already snatched up the title Quills), they'll be happy to strap in for a satisfying ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 10, 2008