Reception
The film opened on May 19, 2006 and grossed $4,581,233 from just 1,257 theaters. It went on to gross $15,003,884 at the U.S box office on a budget of $8,000,000. The film has received overwhelmingly negative reviews with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 9% overall rating ("Rotten") and a consensus stating "See No Evil is packed with cliches from countless other teen slasher films, making for a predictable, scare-free waste of time."
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