Village of the Stale and Regurgitated is more like it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 17, 2024

Whereas the 1960 version was eerie and intriguing, this take is awkward and ugly.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 28, 2024

There's nothing worse than an un-scary scary movie. "Damned" is too long on drama, too short on horror and, what is most annoying, too insulting to our intelligence.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 26, 2022

So bad, so unimaginative, so poorly directed, you end up gawking at the screen entranced.

| Nov 8, 2021

Although it's not in the same league as Carpenter's other notable remake (his 1982 version of The Thing remains unparalleled), it's well worth reassessment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2020

The film feels somewhat dead. It's not tapping into a cultural vein, or expressing some sort of parental nightmare, it's just echoing those prior ones in a totally unsatisfying way.

| May 1, 2020

John Carpenter's version of the original story is compelling and absolutely entertaining.

| Apr 21, 2016

It's the kind of film that appears to have been made by filmmakers who don't understand a thing about storytelling, pacing, tone, or atmosphere, which is only made all the more shocking by the fact that it was directed by the legendary John Carpenter.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 11, 2016

The real shock came when I noticed that a woman filing out of the premiere screening beside me had actually marked her rating card with an "excellent" grade.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 6, 2010

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 8, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2004

John Carpenter's return to horror fizzles.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 19, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 10, 2004

Not bad, but Superman deserved a better sendoff before his paralysis.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 28, 2003

Not even close to the original.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 5, 2003

Surprisingly fun horror. Nothing new, but the coma was creepy and the telepathic kids were scary.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 25, 2003

Carpenter botches another remake,

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2003