Spare, effective and genuinely frightening.
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10/27/08
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Splinter (2008)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:25
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Never taking itself too seriously, Splinter scores as a fast-paced, fun thriller with more than enough scares.
Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: A young couple retreats to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend, but their idyll is shattered when they are car-jacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend on the run from the... [More]
Starring: Charles Baker, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham
Director: Toby Wilkins
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Reviews for Splinter
Top Critica nifty example of the horror-movie as thrill ride
10/30/08
This is one tedious horror film.
10/30/08
deliver[s] plenty of bang from the filmmaker's limited bucks - but Splinter's greatest strengths, rare for the genre, are its solid characterisation, witty dialogue and charismatic performances.
03/04/09
Splinter is another reaffirmation of my faith that horror can be more than boring remakes and sequels. It's proof that there are still good ideas out there.
05/03/09
Splinter's got all the elements that make for a great midnight movie, something horror fans will be telling one another about for weeks, maybe months, afterwards.
09/19/08
Splinter has a hackneyed gimmick -- dead bodies trying to smash their way into an isolated convenience store -- but I loved it to pieces.
10/27/08
Top CriticFans hoping for a substantial work are left with no real statement or vision, while horror aficionados have already seen this film a dozen times before.
11/06/08
If you can get beyond one basic narrative flaw, and a low budget dynamic which provides limited looks at our Bottin-inspired fiends, Splinter will come as a wonderful little fright flick surprise.
11/20/08
A very efficient and effective (for its budget) zombie-infection-sci-fi-thriller
04/17/09
If you've seen The Thing or The Evil Dead, you've seen much of Splinter, but it's a lean, fast-moving and fun little flick that doesn't waste any of its scant 82 minutes.
10/30/08
Top CriticWhenever a romantic couple in a movie goes camping in the remote woods, you just know it's a bad idea.
10/22/08
Top CriticSplinter is about a scary as a tussle between four vacationers and a small porcupine.
10/30/08
It's good, it's just nothing really groundbreaking or special.
11/10/08
Top CriticThis is a terrifying film.
11/10/08
Top CriticThe ingredients are all there: a small, virtually unknown cast, a remote location, a nasty critter -- but the seasoning is all off.
10/30/08
Excelling in creative scaring skills, Splinter boasts thorny issues like psycho fungi who go mobile, nuclear hedgehogs, homicidal human porcupines, impromptu carnivorous rooftop dining on half a state trooper, and a dangerously defrosting savior on ice.
10/30/08
The creature feature is loaded with blood, guts, gore, the perfect anti-hero and a hilariously fun plot, which is played straight until the very end...Wilkins delivers a simple, yet effective '80s creature feature that's not only scary, but also a great t
09/17/08
It's short, taut, nicely shot, well-acted, astutely directed, specific where it might have been generic, original enough to be engrossing and derivative enough to be amusing.
10/31/08
Top CriticOnce audiences get over snickering at a creature that they initially write off as a rabid hedgehog (too bad that Geoffrey Rush film already snatched up the title Quills), they'll be happy to strap in for a satisfying ride.
10/10/08
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Excelling in creative scaring skills, Splinter boasts thorny issues like psycho fungi who go mobile, nuclear hedgehogs, homicidal human porcupines, impromptu carnivorous rooftop dining on half a state trooper, and a dangerously defrosting savior on ice. 
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January 31, 2009:
Excelling in creative scaring skills, Splinter boasts thorny issues like psycho fungi who go mobile, nuclear hedgehogs, homicidal human porcupines, impromptu carnivorous rooftop dining on half a state trooper, and a dangerously defrosting savior on ice.
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November 04, 2008:
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