Flying Lotus casts stunning Eiza González in a familiar but visually stylish sci-fi horror.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2025

Lotus may love pretty things, but he doesn’t hold back on the gore.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2025

Ash is a neon-soaked cosmic nightmare that lets the vibrant sights and sounds do the talking.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Apr 10, 2025

Ash is obviously influenced by the Alien movie franchise. This sci-fi horror flick (about two astronauts trying to solve the mystery of a massacre on their spaceship) has some pacing that's too slow, but this low-budget film is watchable overall.

| Apr 7, 2025

Interesting but seems stitched together from other space monster movies.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 5, 2025

Yet for all its overtures to “vibes” and putting “cool [stuff]” on screen, there’s very little visual or narrative flow to Ash. It has the outer shape of something fun, but all the parts inside are assembled incorrectly.

| Apr 4, 2025

If not exactly original in the story department, this effective, dazzling-looking, single-location, minimal-cast sci-fi tale works due to its economy and its use of standalone visual imagery.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2025

For all the bursts of nightmarish gore that invade Riya's mind, it's the moments in between this where the film starts to stall and undercut itself.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 4, 2025

Flying Lotus leaves you with a final memorable shot, but we fear this promising film concerned with memory will prove to be forgettable.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 4, 2025

It has the outer shape of something fun, but all the parts inside are assembled incorrectly.

| Apr 3, 2025

The film changes its inspiration with the frequency of swiping through the memories of better sci-fi horror which is preferable since there is nothing worth caring about or forming new memories here.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 30, 2025

This movie is Exhibit A as to why we need to stop funding (with our cash and attention) blatantly unoriginal time-sucks.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 29, 2025

If you're into it, you're into it. Let's just say you're not: turn the picture off and let the soundtrack play.

| Mar 28, 2025

In addition to being a mostly fun romp, the film is predictable, which undercuts the drama and mystery to a certain degree.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 26, 2025

Not "Aliens" or any of the other films referenced. But Eiza Gonzales carries this sci-fi freakout on her own shoulders, impressive.

| Original Score: B | Mar 26, 2025

Ash had the opportunity to reach its full potential. But it’s close to the imitation of its predecessors.

| Mar 25, 2025

The middle act may test your patience (unless, of course, you take some kind of mind-altering substance before sitting down to watch), but the intensity of the climax more than makes up for it.

| Mar 25, 2025

Ash is a dose of body horror, fractal weirdness, and little touches of humor that are ultimately entertaining and thrilling despite the script's lack of character motivations and backstory.

| Mar 24, 2025

In this age of expensive and overwrought world-building, it’s Ellison’s experiential care with well-worn material that delivers the goods.

| Mar 24, 2025

Ash is always an eyeful, it is usually kinetic and it fulfills its science-fiction narrative requirements. It just isn’t emotionally engaging.

| Original Score: B | Mar 24, 2025