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(1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1   4.5/5 "This superb horror thriller breaks violently into your consciousness, robbing you of all sense of security."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "The directors have thoroughly soaked up the best of its countless predecessors, elevating Ils to highly effective and atmospheric genre entertainment."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 4/5 "77 grueling minutes"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 3/4 "It's refreshing to see the French finally producing a worthy entry in the horror genre."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 2.5/4 "A well-crafted jack-in-the-box toy that is more frightening in its ratcheted apprehension of what is to come than in the ultimate outcome."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "One of the least understood movie monsters is the pronoun."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "Not a classic, but as a one-time theatrical experience it should scare the pee out of anyone."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/5 "Definitely one of the best horror films I've seen in a while, and plays to the key of terror and our imagination provoking enough imagery without the director having to do much of anything..."   Film Threat   Felix Vasquez Jr. B+ "You know the French--it isn't content to be, merely, an exceptionally effective thriller, which it is, but sees necessary to double-up as a metacinematic examination of horror film and its theory."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 2.5/4 "The essentially nonexistent characterizations do little to help matters."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 1.5/4.0 "You can always expect a little embellishment for any horror film or thriller that claims to be based on a true story or actual events. This one, however, doesn't sell it."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/4 "Its spareness is its strength. There's no time wasted and no showy effects to detract from the situation -- just sheer tension."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/5 "The same old stuff served in an admittedly stylish manner."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Has a terrific slow-burning intensity as it torments its central characters (and the audience). Although it waits a bit too long to play its trump card."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "It breezes by and slaps you with some ice water and then scurries right out of the room."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg  (1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   1