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- 50New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottAn unapologetic B-movie, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night tries mightily to cover its flaws with a peppering of humor -- much of it supplied courtesy of Dylan's zombie sidekick, played by Sam Huntington -- and an at-times fun "Buffy the Vampire Hunter" vibe.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDylan Dog isn't a terrible movie, just one that feels like a tepid mishmash of secondhand concepts, never developing a distinctive atmosphere or unique personality of its own.
- 50Boston GlobeTom RussoBoston GlobeTom RussoSome entertaining inventiveness, before nagging limitations finally drag it down.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyNever mind that Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is loosely based on an Italian comic series from the 1980s; this low-rent adaptation owes an embarrassingly big blood debt to HBO's "True Blood."
- 33The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsPeter Stormare has fun engaging in some Walken-level scenery-chewing-almost literally-as the patriarch of a werewolf clan. Good for him. That means at least one person has found something to like about this tedious collection of wisecracks and hand-me-down monsters.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleBrings vampires, werewolves, zombies, detective noir and spoofy comedy together for a murky genre gumbo with barely any flavor.
- Dylan Dog feels like its ideas were stolen from western entertainment-a mash-up of sexy vampires, burly werewolves, and comical-gross zombies-which Hollywood then stole back from the Europeans, forgetting that other movies have explored that evil terrain thoroughly, exhaustively and better.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovDirector Munroe (TMNT) is clearly a fan and attempted his best on an admittedly limited budget, but some things just don't translate that well. Throw this dog a bone? No need, he's already got a closetful.
- 25Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreIts star, Brandon Routh, is just as miscast as a droll, world-weary "investigator of the undead" as he was as a boy-Man of Steel back in 2006.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFilm noir is combined with horror to zero effect in Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.