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Average Critic Score: 35 (12 sources)

• 80
  

  
  Film.com  |  Gemma Files
  

  Horror presented without restraint or apology, as a full-bore, blood-soaked load of nomad nastiness caught in constant forward motion. Read Full Review »
• 60
  

  
  LA Weekly  |  F. X. Feeney
  

  The film works, cleanly, without any tiresome reliance on computer graphics. Read Full Review »
• 50
  

  
  The New York Times  |  Stephen Holden
  

  Had it exhibited a modicum of restraint, The Forsaken could have been twice as scary. Read Full Review »
• 50
  

  
  Variety  |  Joe Leydon
  

  Chalk it up as a middling B-pic that, with a bit more wit and style, could have been at least a cult item. Read Full Review »
• 50
  

  
  TV Guide  |  Maitland McDonagh
  

  This flashy fright flick doesn't break any new ground, but puts an attractive gloss on genre conventions. Read Full Review »
• 38
  

  
  New York Post  |  Lou Lumenick
  

  Writer-director J.S. Cardone's low-budget mishmash offers precious little in the way of thrills and chills, much less coherent storytelling. Read Full Review »
• 30
  

  
  Austin Chronicle  |  Marc Savlov
  

  Apart from the fang-restraint of the nosferatu, however, there's precious little that's altogether new or for that matter shocking about this by-the-numbers thriller. Read Full Review »
• 30
  

  
  New Times (L.A.)  |  Andy Klein
  

  Reasonably well-made and all, but it's simply too familiar, too derivative and too inferior to its predecessors to have any reason to exist. Read Full Review »
• 25
  

  
  New York Daily News  |  Jack Mathews
  

  Vampire movies aren't what they used to be. How about a little mist, some shadows, some pale gray faces set off by stark red lips? Maestro, a little Transylvanian mood music, if you please. Read Full Review »
• 20
  

  
  Chicago Reader  |  Lisa Alspector
  

  Its ponderous explanations about why there are vampires in Arizona in the new millennium (blah, blah, blah). Read Full Review »
• 20
  

  
  Mr. Showbiz  |  Kristy Martin
  

  The Forsaken discourages one from caring in the least how its breed of vein-tappers came to be, or even what will happen if they take over the world. Read Full Review »
• 16
  

  
  Entertainment Weekly  |  Bruce Fretts
  

  While it's rarely scary, the film is often gory. Read Full Review »