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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoBeware of blood-sucking Mormons! At least that's the tongue-in-cheek message in Trapped by the Mormons, a campy sendup shot as a 1920s silent movie.
- 70Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallThere is some very un-Mormon gender bending going on here.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirDirector Ian Allen (a longtime playwright and stage director) has lovingly re-created the look and indeed narrative style of silent film -- and he's from Salt Lake City, so if he says Mormons are vampires with hypnotic powers, who am I to argue? I suppose this is a one-note joke, more in the style of '70s avant-garde camp than anything else. But, hey, at least it's a funny joke.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe product of this ingenuity is a slight spin on an obscure motion-picture artifact, but it's surprisingly artfully done.
- 60Village VoiceJoshua LandVillage VoiceJoshua LandWhile positioned firmly as camp, the new Trapped by the Mormons is a surprisingly faithful rendering--at least until the flesh-eating zombies show up.
- This kind of thing might tickle a drunk, way off Broadway audience, but on screen it merely shows the futility of following in the faux-silent footsteps of the director Guy Maddin.