Black Death

Black Death (2010)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (56 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (18,097 ratings)

The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black Death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. In this apocalyptic environment, the church is losing its grip on the people. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Dario Poloni
Genres
Drama, Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Mar 11, 2011 Limited
On DVD
May 10, 2011
Magnet Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Ian Buckwalter, NPR

    "Going medieval" on your enemies isn't just a figure of speech in Christopher Smith's stylish spatter-horror exercise, which uses desperation-fueled religious fervor to interrogate the intersection of fear and faith.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    There's something here for just about everyone, or at least for everyone who looks back fondly on the similarly themed Wicker Man from 1973.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    Slams Christians against pagans with little love for either.

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    Though deadly serious, Christopher Smith's European-made bubonic- plague melodrama provides good value with lots of blood and guts, as well as a solid cast.

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    Early on "Black Death" falls victim to its own sluggish sickness, its narrative drive proving no match for the aggressively rotted pallor, dour acting and tiresomely handheld you-are-there aesthetics.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    I think I expected more from this movie. It was not bad. It was decent enough but nothing super exciting.

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  • Jens S


    A bleak, gritty and dark take on the middle ages during the time of the Plague. As a group of Christian Knights and mercenaries set out to investigate a village without a sign of the black death together with their young monk guide, they are taking a trip into the heart of darkness.… More

  • Universal D


    Medieval England, and church officials wonder if the plague sweeping the land is a punishment from God. Also there is word of a village in the marshlands where the plague does not reach ... and a Chaucerian road trip follows. Somebody will be gettin' medieval on somebody in… More

  • Japes .


    I kind of liked this movie. I like how the characters developed especially Osmund. He turns into the exact type of person his friend told him not to become, and he changed. It was a pretty depressing story all around. There wasn't any happiness in it. A few twists, and it was… More

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