“A Heavenly Creatures riff, though with much less imagination and far thinner psychology…”

“…has an eerie familiarity that is at once banal and claustrophobic.”

“Despite the child kidnapping, assassination plot, and relatively high body count, this primarily plays like a comedy.”

“…a prescient prediction of the way fanboy culture would come to influence the creative process.”

“…less concerned about male threat and more interested in feminine desire.”

“…what begins as a swooning pastoral soon develops into a kinky, Southern Gothic nightmare.”

“…reveals what’s simultaneously so alluring and frustrating about Stewart’s performances.”

“…the more we unfold its mystery, the deeper we fall into suspicion, desire, and depravity.”

“…relies on some outlandish plot twists to amp up the ickiness.”

“…ugly, unedifying exploitation cinema.”