3 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁and ▁by ▁Revol ver ▁Films ▁on ▁January ▁ 3 0 th , ▁that ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Jo el ▁Har ley ▁from ▁Hor ror News . net ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁mostly ▁positive ▁review , ▁writing ▁" T ears ▁of ▁K ali ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁interesting ▁anth ology ▁film ▁pack ed ▁full ▁of ▁gru esome ▁g ore , ▁several ▁sc ary ▁stories ▁( with ▁a ▁comp elling ▁over arch ing ▁theme ) ▁and ▁above ▁hall , ▁a ▁deeply ▁disturb ing ▁sense ▁of ▁horror ." ▁Keith ▁H enn esse y ▁Brown ▁from ▁E ye ▁for ▁Film ▁awarded ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁mixed ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁out ▁of ▁five ▁stars , ▁critic izing ▁the ▁film ' s ▁performances , ▁and ▁weak ▁narr ative , ▁but ▁summar ized ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁" an ▁effective ▁low - bud get ▁calling - card ▁that ▁ach ieves ▁a ▁nice ▁balance ▁between ▁ple asing ▁the ▁hard g ore ▁crowd ▁without ▁becoming ▁an ▁un ple asant ▁exercise ▁in ▁grat uit ous ▁g ore ▁for ▁g ore ▁sake ." ▁Kevin ▁Thomas ▁from ▁e Fil m C rit ic ▁r ated ▁the ▁film ▁ 3 / 5 ▁stars , ▁critic izing ▁the ▁film ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁narr ative ▁focus ▁and ▁un original ity , ▁stating ▁that ▁film ▁contained ▁" To o ▁much ▁mystery ▁and ▁g ore ▁without ▁the ▁solid ▁found ations ▁to ▁justify ▁it ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 2 0 0 4 ▁films ▁Category : 2 0