Gigi Saul Guerrero makes smart, emotionally intelligent horror films that are simultaneously a lot of fun; in Bingo Hell, she lets you have your popcorn thrills without sacrificing her desire to really say something.

| Oct 12, 2021

A sometimes clunky but always bold blend of social satire and delirious style.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 9, 2021

There's far too little to fear, or think about.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 1, 2021

The result is fun for a while. But with its few thematic and narrative ideas left underdeveloped, this "Hell" feels attenuated even at just 85 minutes.

| Oct 1, 2021

My only hope is that Bingo Hell will open the door for [director Gigi Saul] Guerrero to tell these kinds of stories on a larger stage in the future.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2021

When the action gets creaky, Byron Werner's photography gooses things along: He's especially effective with low-to-the-ground shots that add a creepy surreality to simple setups.

| Sep 30, 2021

It gets turgid in its final third but backed by director Gigi Saul Guerrero's cartoonish punch, Barraza's cantankerous grimace and hair-trigger rejoinders are a pure pleasure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2021

Guerrero gives a familiar Faustian bargain premise a new goopy, gory, and often entertaining coat of paint that champions unlikely heroes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2021