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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared Mobarak[Evrenol’s] success lies in the entertainment value this death-ravaged orgy supplies and it has plenty to go around.
- 75RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsBaskin does what many horror films try and fail to do: it makes you feel like you're a passive prisoner/spectator, watching as an especially vivid nightmare unfolds.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeAnyone deep enough into the genre to watch a movie like Baskin may find it, for all its bizarre and beautiful surrealistic imagery, oddly uninspiring.
- 63Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film mostly functions as a tour of familiar horror tropes for much of its running time.
- 63The Seattle TimesTom KeoghThe Seattle TimesTom KeoghAs feverish and dark as this first feature by filmmaker Can Evrenol gets, there is a sense that something larger is at stake — an elusive explanation having to do with a recurring dream, twisted destiny and the bond of a promise.
- 60Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriOn the evidence of the first half of Baskin alone, Evrenol seems to be a filmmaker who understands character, tension, and terror. Now all he needs is some follow-through.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThis proudly derivative genre exercise will not be to every taste (or stomach), but the director, Can Evrenol, shows a certain knack for tension and for framing viscera in wide screen, even if his cutting is sometimes too quick.
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayBaskin won't be for everybody, but it's well made and imaginatively upsetting.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDespite four credited screenwriters, including Evrenol, the mysteriously titled Baskin is thin on story, instead lurching in and out of a woozy dreamscape before arriving at its extended terror and torture set piece.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyBaskin becomes something of a monotonous dirge. Diverting to an extent, the film’s horrors aren’t shocking or distinctive enough, its surreal atmospherics not quite strong enough to cover for the sketchy script.