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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceHeather BaysaVillage VoiceHeather BaysaYou could call it Bring It On meets The Craft and stop right there with considerable accuracy. But why would you, when All Cheerleaders Die actually delivers as much trashy, gory fun as a movie with such a title suggests?
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonThere’s plenty to enjoy – a handful of smart one-liners, a few nifty shocks and one truly unsettling confrontation in a cemetery – but nothing to give Joss Whedon a run for his money.
- 60CineVuePatrick GambleCineVuePatrick GambleA rollercoaster ride of tongue-in-cheek cliché, there's plenty of fun to be had with this cheekily reverential horror; yet, a dependence on the sexualisation of the female form anchors the film firmly within 'knowing' horror misogyny.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonWith its splashy paintbox palette and jaunty pop soundtrack, All Cheerleaders Die just about hangs together as a cheerfully goofy romp.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyIt’s a fond, briskly diverting homage, but not a truly inspired one.
- 40The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThat’s a lot of concept for a 90-minute horror-comedy, and All Cheerleaders Die handles it with a haphazard, catch-as-catch-can style that matches its tonal schizophrenia.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenFrontloaded with a surprising amount of plot, the film takes forever to get going, but it's the filmmakers' hypocrisy that really grates.
- 38New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartLike the reanimated corpse of a teen queen, this would-be cult movie looks the part, but has little going on inside.
- 33The PlaylistGabe ToroThe PlaylistGabe ToroAn end-film tease for a laughably unnecessary part two feels emblematic of the entire film: McKee and Sivertson aren't interested in laying any groundwork regarding cogent themes or diverse characterization, because there are skulls to be split and blood to be drank.