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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 04 Oct 2018

It's clear that the novelty of Hell Fest's very existence (ie a 1980s-style slasher) carries it for almost the entirety of its appreciatively…

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By Matthew Passantino (89) for CineChat Podcast (7) on 04 Oct 2018

You should never be bored at a 88-minute movie…

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By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 04 Oct 2018

If you love those slasher romps from the 80s and you feel like spending time in an insane amusement park while watching characters worth rooting…

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By Tony Baker (58) for Tony Baker Comedy (58) on 03 Oct 2018

The look of the movie was kind of soft, it wasn't real gritty. It looked low-budget…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 03 Oct 2018

Honoring the knife-wielding maniac multiplex fodder of the 1980s, this mostly scare-free thriller lets you admire the hard work of the art…

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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 02 Oct 2018

Moments of actual horror are rare, however, because the director never does much to build cat-and-mouse tension…

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By Josh Kupecki (255) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 02 Oct 2018

But really, it seems like a movie hatched because someone had access to an amusement park and knew a lot of people in the makeup and lighting…

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By Jamie Broadnax (55) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 01 Oct 2018

Hell Fest' is not exactly a groundbreaking horror film, but its ending will shock you…

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By Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 01 Oct 2018

At best, would probably make okay background noise at a Halloween party…

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By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 30 Sep 2018

There's something refreshing about a horror movie where the characters aren't too jaded and when there's real creativity put into sets and costumes…

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By Alberto Corona (36) for Sensacine (386) on 30 Sep 2018

Hell Fest is a film that knows exactly what it wants and how to get it. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Crooked Marquee (120) on 30 Sep 2018

The scares are modestly effective, and the between-scares scenes of six lively young people horsin' around at a spook alley are tolerable…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 30 Sep 2018

Reveling in the kind of scares that were popular in the 1980s, this slasher fest is far from great, but the characters have an appealing realness,…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 30 Sep 2018

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 29 Sep 2018

It delivers the tedious, heavy-breathing buildup associated with the genre, but skimps on the scares and the gory, gooey good stuff…

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By Tom Santilli (137) for AXS.com (137) on 29 Sep 2018

it's pretty much everything you look for in a low-budget horror movie…

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By Mike Mazzanti (39) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 29 Sep 2018

A balance is struck between fun and fear, make-believe terror and actual trauma…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 28 Sep 2018

A straightforward slasher movie of the old school [that] keeps the gore level to a merciful minimum, but offers little suspense or excitement…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for indieWire (3,631) on 27 Sep 2018

A generous reading suggests that its vaguely feminist subtext is intentional rather than a happy accident, and to some extent it may well be,…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 27 Sep 2018

It should surprise no one that, as Hell Fest comes to a close, Evil Hoodie Man pulls a Michael Myers disappearing act…

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