This material? Not very strong. These actors? Doing what they can with it and actually getting it to a pretty creepy place.

| Nov 29, 2023

Lynch never nears the gleefully demented levels of gore and black humor that were Gordon’s hallmarks, but Suitable Flesh is still a fun if relatively mild homage.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 30, 2023

There are flashes of HP Lovecraft, but the film is otherwise steeped in tributes to Stuart Gordon, the late king of scuzzy, made-for-VHS horror... Here, that manifests in a splurge of self-parodic fun.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2023

For a movie with such a cluttered, kitchen-sink ramp-up, Suitable Flesh charges to a memorable conclusion that’s perfect for celebratory group viewing, whether at the local multiplex with other die-hard horror fans seeking a seasonal thrill.

| Oct 30, 2023

Despite its bumpy execution and general thinness, “Suitable Flesh” boasts a playfulness that feels ripe for slicing up and serving anew.

| Oct 30, 2023

An affectionate homage that captures the psychosexual delirium of its genre inspirations, it’s a throwback chiller steeped in blood, kink, and the terrifying thrill of violation.

| Oct 27, 2023

It comes off a bit like a revived corpse: It moves, it makes noise, but it isn’t quite the real thing.

| Oct 27, 2023

Director Joe Lynch haplessly plays much of this supernatural tale as an erotic thriller, the uncertainty of satirical intent leaving his actors looking silly.

| Oct 26, 2023

While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than passable grisly horror fun in a very specific tradition.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 26, 2023

This is a film about the continuation of an immortal but ever-evolving spirit, and it makes good on that premise inside and out -- entrails and all.

| Original Score: B | Oct 24, 2023

Despite a very game lead performance from Heather Graham, and some amusing 90s-style erotic thriller mannerisms... this left me not knowing quite where to look.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2023

Lynch made a horror-sex-comedy for adults, one in which sexuality isn't something of which to be afraid.

| Jul 3, 2023

A fun horror flick, one I could imagine finding on VHS in 1989 and losing my mind over.

| Jun 15, 2023

Lynch captures the humorous, oft-sexy tone of Gordon’s ‘80s/’90s Lovecraftian horror output while putting his own stamp on it through keen instincts and modern storytelling.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2023