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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeIn classic B-movie style, The Dark Hours was created in a fever, written in two weeks and hurriedly shot in 16 mm (blown into a crisp 35 mm print). Nevertheless, the film provides evidence of talent everywhere.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyThe Dark Hours surmounts some of the problems of its weak dialogue through a commanding performance by lead Kate Greenhouse and some grisly, genre-style violence.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe Dark Hours is one of those rare gems out of Canada.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceDevine's giddy sex offender nearly rivals William Hurt's preposterous gangster in "A History of Violence" for absurdly enjoyable line readings.
- A cold and moody psychodrama poised frustratingly on the border between novel and banal.