Reviews
“bursts with behind-the-camera confidence as a creepy, culty, Christmassy midnighter romp. It's one of those horror movies that aims to make horror fun again, feeling at home on VHS shelves or snuck behind parents' backs for an unapproved after-bedtime watch.”
— Matt Donato, /Film
“a smartly paced lesson in being careful what you wish for and an entertaining ride from bloody start to even bloodier finish.”
— Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects
“demonically charged yuletide nightmare…The Sacrifice Game’s sense of mystery is helped by a solid cast that consistently makes fascinating choices with their characters.”
— Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
“What really stood out during the screening was just how good the cast were. You cannot say that any one actor is a standout here when everyone has given Wexler a top shelf performance.”
— Andrew Mack, ScreenAnarchy
“The Sacrifice Game delivers a demonic, violent thrill ride with a heart-felt, gooey center.”
— Molly Henery, The Blogging Banshee
“It’s hard to imagine Wexler making a dull film about anything. She has twice as much energy as the average human being and throws herself into filmmaking with tremendous passion.”
— Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film
“One of The Sacrifice Game’s strongest suits is its casting. Each actor personifies their character perfectly.”
— Kat Hughes, The Hollywood News
“…the gift that keeps on giving is the fun and mischievous energy infused into THE SACRIFICE GAME. When things get dialed up, the games have truly begun.”
— Sarah Musnicky, Nightmarish Conjurings
“With an attentive script (co-written by Wexler and Sean Redlitz) that humanises even its most monstrous characters, The Sacrifice Game is nasty but also often very funny…a refreshing blast of fresh air to the face, that leaves us, as at the beginning, out in the cold looking in, with a whole world of diabolical desire just within reach.”
— Anton Bitel, SciFiNow
“The film begins as a prototypical slasher the likes of which Rob Zombie would probably be very proud of, before flipping much of the traditional formula on its head, becoming equal parts gory ode to the '70s and '80s Satanic Panic and macabre Christmas comedy…but it also takes the time to offer a surprising amount of real character development. This is an ensemble show, and the cast performances are all standout”
— Sydney Ghan, MovieWeb
#3 - THE SACRIFICE GAME
“In using the expectations of familiar conventions to circumvent them, Wexler follows up her debut feature The Ranger (2018) with a film that while operating on a larger canvas, carries a similar punk-rock spirit that boldly rebels against tradition.”
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter
“The Sacrifice Game is Wexler showing what she can do with more money and more resources. Her confidence as a filmmaker has never wavered and this melding of holiday horror with cult slasher to create a story about the power of female friendships only further proves that. The Sacrifice Game is a new holiday horror classic, at least in my book, that deserves an annual rewatch alongside Black Christmas (1974), Deep Red, and Dial Code Santa.”
— Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
“Jenn Wexler’s THE SACRIFICE GAME is a creepy horror film that looks like a classic rock album on the surface, but once you give it a spin and get a dose of the humor, social commentary, and outrageous finale, you realize it was punk rock all along.”
— Scott Bradley, Hellbent for Horror
“Last seen in Disney’s Aladdin, Mena Massoud is among an excellent roster of actors in this intriguing alt-horror about cult killers in the 1970s”
— Catherine Bray, The Guardian