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A Chronicle of Corpses (2001)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:5
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.9/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 24, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Set in the early Nineteenth Century, A CHRONICLE OF CORPSES is a slow-paced chiller from maverick director Andrew Repasky McElhinney. The eerie atmosphere of the movie has seen it gather a cult... [More]
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Reviews for A Chronicle of Corpses
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Night of the Living Dead for kids who cut their teeth on Ken Russell. Full Review |
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 2/5 |
Minor, forgettable low-budget costume thriller. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Its narrative resonates and reverberates as only the most universal stories do. Full Review |
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4/5 |
What's most impressive about McElhinney's highbrow period film is its ability to satisfy snobbish cultural aesthetes while simultaneously fulfilling slasher film conventions. Full Review |
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The story is painfully familiar, and McIlhenney regularly stops it in its tracks by indulging the actors in arty monologues that sap the movie of any suspense or sense of momentum. Full Review |
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2/4 |
I had a tough time figuring out who was doing what to whom. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Not without the flaws endemic in low-budget productions but still projects an amazing degree of stylistic assurance and originality. Full Review |
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McElhinney may have made the ultimate anti-calling card, a movie bold and deranged enough to tip its hat to Edgar Ulmer and Barry Lyndon. Full Review |
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