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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyIn an era of predictably tweaked horror premises and haunted-house flicks with 10-dollar titles, a doggedly straightforward monster movie like Blood Glacier can feel refreshing, if not exactly fresh.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichMarvin Kren’s enjoyable if ephemeral horror movie gets by for a while on its dopey premise.
- 60Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIt's all rather familiar, but the key image of a glacier glazed over with something like gore proves majestic, and tension throbs throughout a scene of a scientist following his dog into a blood-veined tunnel inside that glacier.
- 60The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldSometimes genre-based filmmakers don’t know how to make their material fun without making fun of their material, but that’s not a failing of Mr. Kren’s.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithDirector Marvin Kren delivers a lot of cheap scares, but the film doesn’t approach the dread-soaked suspense of the 1982 version of “The Thing.”
- 50The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorUnfortunately, this low budget chiller is unable to capture the same kind of awe and terror that made "The Thing" so powerful, although its attempt to be more character-based and emphasis on practical effects is somewhat admirable. Somewhat.
- 38Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film straddles a very awkward line between creature feature, conspiracy thriller, and domestic drama, all without novelty or suspense.
- 38RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsBlood Glacier is too sleepy to do anything with its guano-stirring premise. Yes, there are crazy-go-nutty monsters in the film, but you seldom get to see them as they sadly are not the focus of Blood Glacier.
- 20The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloThe film’s monsters are so unconvincing that director Marvin Kren has no choice but to hide them as much as possible via rapid-fire editing and violent shaky-cam, relying on his actors to fill in the gaps with hysterical screaming.