any longer." While Evan Dickson of Bloody Disgusting criticized the film's "somewhat lurching" first half, he went to praise its "utterly insane and effective last act." Writing for Fangoria magazine, Samuel Zimmerman gave Among the Living a score of 2½ out of 4, offering praise to its unsettling villain and the "thoroughly punishing use of violence" that the film employed when it finally "shifts gears into full-on slasher territory." Chris Bumbray of Arrow in the Head found that while the film was "skillfully made" it was also "nothing particularly special, and a fairly dull slasher flick." Dread Central's Debi Moore had a lukewarm response to the film, giving it a score 2/5 and writing, "Among the Living is technically as good as can be expected from two directors with a superior vision but falls over badly with its narrative of unlikable protagonists, uninventive villains and a reluctance to push the limits as much as it seems to want to." Drew Taylor of IndieWire lambasted the film, opining that it was "straight up bad" before succinctly concluding, "It's messy, it's gory without ever being gratifying, and it makes absolutely no sense." References External links 2014 films 2014 horror films 2010s slasher films Films directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo Films shot in France French horror films French slasher films 2010s French-language films 2010s French films