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‘Ice Cream Man’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Torch Eli Roth Horror Thriller

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“Ice Cream Man,” the latest horror thriller from director Eli Roth, has many Rotten Tomatoes critics screaming bloody murder.

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  1. UPI

    Eli Roth: 'Ice Cream Man' child actors embraced blood, gore (opens UPI)

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    Writer/director Eli Roth and stars Sarah Abbott and Benjamin Byron Davis discuss the killer kids in "Ice Cream Man," in theaters Friday.

  2. Deadline

    ‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth Blends ‘Home Alone’ And ‘Hostel’ For Over-The-Top Unrated Bloodfest (opens Deadline)

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    Taking a cue from the likes of Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, Michael Myers, Chucky, Candyman, and countless others, Horrormeister Eli Roth has now realized a 20 year dream to give the same fame in the genre to the Ice Cream Man in the simply titled new film, Ice Cream Man. That’s right.

  3. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth’s Small-Town Horror Flick Is for Diehard Slasher Fans, and Absolutely No One Else (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Children turn into homicidal zombies after eating the wares of a demonic vendor in the 'Hostel' director's latest film.

  4. Variety

    ‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth’s Children-of-the-Damned Splatter Movie Is No Treat (opens Variety)

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    It’s a "Village of the Damned" meets "Weapons" meets the opening scene of "Halloween" situation. But those movies all tower over "Ice Cream Man," a hyped-up one-joke kiddie zombie splatter film.

  5. Forbes

    ‘Ice Cream Man’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Torch Eli Roth Horror Thriller (opens Forbes)

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    “Ice Cream Man,” the latest horror thriller from director Eli Roth, has many Rotten Tomatoes critics screaming bloody murder.

  6. The Guardian

    Ice Cream Man review – Eli Roth’s junky slasher is one of year’s worst horrors (opens The Guardian)

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    The Hostel and Thanksgiving director takes a massive stumble with a rushed retro horror made on the cheap A few years ago, Eli Roth realized his long-held ambition to make a movie out of Thanksgiving , the horror-movie trailer he made as a gag for the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez anthology fea…

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