‘Rites of Spring,’...not only proves that the two genres can work well together, they also don’t need a tremendous budget in order to tell a compelling story.
- Karen Benardello, Shockya.com
Helmer-writer Padraig Reynolds creates a dizzying pastiche of genre conventions, and he has a terrific actress in Anessa Ramsey, who’s that rare thing in horror, a thoroughly convincing victim.
- John Anderson, Variety