Complex sentence: Shephen Holden from "The New York Times" gave the film a mostly negative review, calling it "(a) grade-C British horror thriller", but also stated that the film was not without its crude pretensions.
Split into simpler sentences: Shephen Holden from "The New York Times" gave the film a mostly negative review, calling it "(a) grade-C British horror thriller". But also stated that the film was not without its crude pretensions.