New York Times, 10/31/2008, "[T]he director, Toby Wilkins, honors the conventions of the genre with skill and enough wit to keep the scares sharp."
Variety, 10/24/2008, "F/X whiz Toby Wilkins' SPLINTER is spare, effective and genuinely frightening....The mechanics of SPLINTER are remarkably sound..."
Film Comment, 11/01/2008, p.73, "[With] brisk pacing, believable leads, and just the right ratio of frights to gore....Along the way the film displays nifty effects..."
USA Today, 10/31/2008, "[A] thriller along the lines of THE THING or ALIEN. The scares are equal parts psychological jolts and gore."
Entertainment Weekly, 04/17/2009, “[A] tight and tense horror treat...” -- Grade: B
Total Film, 04/01/2009, 3 stars out of 5 -- "[B]rought to life by well-drawn, resourceful characters and neat, nasty shocks."
Release Note
DVD Features:
Keep Case Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
DVD Features:
Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Product Notes
In this indie film sure to make audiences shriek, the horror is just beginning when a young couple is carjacked by an escaped inmate and his lover. But the criminal (Shea Whigham, WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY) isn't the most dangerous thing on the trip; a mysterious, parasitic creature stalks the two couples, and a small convenience store doesn't prove to be much of a haven from the menace. Toby Wilkins, who won awards for his short film "Staring at the Sun," makes his feature directorial debut with SPLINTER.
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