Loved Ones, The (2009) Movie Reviews

manchesterteddy 02/04/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

I watched this last night 3/2/2013 and thought it was pretty good. It came across a bit like carrie crossed with hostel. Lets just say I wouldnt want to date her and be introduced to her father. A good film to watch though with a good beginning and end for a change.

Snoogans 09/17/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Has the emotions and angst of a teen flick played out alongside some creatively gruesome scenes. More than just a mere genre routine in torturous violence, this film is unexpectedly entertaining and tense.

MovieFanatic 08/23/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

I normally don't like gore in horror movies but this one was suprisingly good. I was at the edge of my seat because I really did not know what Lola and her Dad will do to Brent next. This is definitely worth a watch.

Jacob Zembower 06/01/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

It's nothing more than a highly stylized exercise in brutal horror, but what an exercise it is! With a maniacally brilliant performance by Robin McLeavy, The Loved Ones is unflinching in its graphic violence and pretty hard to watch at times, but it also has a pitch black sense of humor that sneaks up on you. It's also quite unpredictable, which is hard to find in horror cinema these days. Further proof that Australia is where some of the best horror flicks come from these days, it's just wicked, grotesque, and compulsively watchable. One of the best genre films to come out in a while, and especially one of, if not the best, of this year.