Bloody fun, the film is classic Ferrara -- stomach-churning, infuriating, sublime.

| Dec 27, 2022

One of Abel Ferrara’s interesting failures.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 1, 2022

You can look at it as an allegory for addiction...or you can enjoy the sexy and unnerving tale.

| Mar 30, 2021

Ferrara looks at the deeper truths of what it is to be right or wrong. How do we live with ourselves if we choose to embrace the darker side of our nature? Better yet, can we?

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 1, 2019

A chilling, atmospheric, multi-layered movie that is full of philosophical questions and social commentary.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 18, 2018

One of Ferrara's most idiosyncratic yet popular slices of misanthropy.

| Oct 20, 2009

It's got a remarkable visual texture, integrity to burn, and almost -- but not quite -- enough intelligence to justify its lofty ambitions.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 20, 2009

No matter, without exactly transcending the awful material, Ferrara puts it across with astonishing poetry and conviction.

| Oct 20, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2007

Scary, funny, magnificently risible, this could be the most pretentious B-movie ever -- and I mean that as a compliment.

| Jun 24, 2006

What we get is a slight, but entertaining movie, that's (dare I say it?) unintentionally funny at times.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 26, 2006

Reflecting Ferrara's obsession with guilt and redemption, the film acknowledges the capacity for evil, urging viewers to take responsibility for their actions, or else there won't be a way to arrest evil's diffusion from one generation to the next.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 20, 2005

The allegory wears thin fast, and we're just left with artifice.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Given all the talent involved, this should have been much more compelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 19, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 29, 2004

Christopher Walken, who always looks like one of the living dead, proves that he hasn't exhausted his capacity to make your skin crawl.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

Love him or hate him, Mr. Ferrara is one of the few directors who can turn genre movies into something deeper.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 16, 2003

Ferrara's film both impresses and terrifies sufficiently for most of its duration.

| Original Score: B | Jan 10, 2003

Captain! The Pretense-O-Meter's gone off the scale!

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 13, 2002