Hell Night- "DeSimone can count a couple of suspense films among his past accomplishments, so he knows how to pace the thrills in measured doses, pulling out all the stops in the final fifteen minutes, piling shock upon shock and keeping the audience in a state of near-hysteria. Even jaded types were poised on the edge of their seats and screaming lustily."
Harold Fairbanks
UPDATE MAGAZINE

"HELL NIGHT more than lives up to its title. At a time when horror pictures are jolting us with bravura special effects, along come two talented film makers, director Tom DeSimone and writer Randolph Feldman to show us there are still plenty of scares to be found in the old haunted house...They begin on a humorous note that gradually gives way growing terror and finally to the pathos that is the mark of the genuine horror film.  Their respect for the genre is refreshing."
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

"Tom DeSimone's HELL NIGHT is one of the most beautifully photographed horror films of the 80's.  An under-rated, atmospheric thriller starring Linda Blair and a cast of characters light years more interesting than the cardboard dolts of the SCREAM and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER variety.  HELL NIGHT'S charm lies in its ability to create characters the audience comes to care about... It begins with a slow expository build-up that eventually gives way to some truly frightening sequences that have you squirming in your seat toward the film's conclusion... HELL NIGHT is one of the decade's classics."
Jonathan Stryker
HORROR EXPRESS

Usually dismissed as yet another HALLOWEEN clone, HELL NIGHT plays more like a charming gothic throwback to those old teens in a castle/haunted house movies...the creative parties involved, both director DeSimone and cinematographer Ahlberg, delivered a visually beautiful film, crammed with elegant and sometimes startling touches...  HELL NIGHT easily outranks the pedestrian slasher efforts of the period and has fortunately managed to withstand the test of time.
Nathaniel Thompson
MONDO DIGITAL

*****

"Tom DeSimone's very professional film manifests good b.o. outlook in its market. Catching Up demonstrates an assured professional competence."
Murf
DAILY VARIETY

" Catching Up was produced, directed, written, photographed and edited by Tom DeSimone . It's a personal triumph on all levels. ...DeSimone's sure, sensitive directorial hand is evident throughout."
NEW WEST MAGAZINE

"Tom DeSimone's CatchingUp is a beautiful, witty, erotic piece of film making."
LONG ISLAND BEAT

"Tom DeSimone wrote, edited and directed Catching Up and it's on his shoulders the laurels must rest."
MICHAEL'S THING MAGAZINE *****

"Good, bad, what's the difference? This is classic grand guinol... Reform School Girls is a delightful cross between One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and Hamburger The Movie!"
Michael Dare
LA WEEKLY

"The only possible glimmer of interest anyone might have in a movie like Vendetta is to juxtapose it next to another women-behind-bars film, Reform School Girls, it's a study of how one works, the other doesn't... The differences are that the proceedings at Reform School Girls are funny and entertaining. If you're in a complete quandary as to which of the latest women-behind-bars films to see, Vendetta or Reform School Girls, I'd definitely suggest the latter."
Ben Ferguson

"Tom DeSimone, writer and director, has captured the elements of those 50's jailhouse femme productions well."
Jami Bernard
NEW YORK POST

"Combining contemporary social realities with kinky modern undies, writer-director Tom DeSimone has stacked the tried-and-true women-behind-bars plot with current themes... Howard Wexler's camera work focuses on all the salient ingredients and is ably abetted by DeSimone's astute sense of staging."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 

"Reform School Girls manages at times to be funny in its baseness. Low budget pic is simply a thinly veiled excuse to tamely titillate, which it manages to do quite well."
Brit
DAILY VARIETY 

"Excellent! Four stars! The best women-behind-bars of the year!"
DALLAS OBSERVER

"Writer-director Tom DeSimone is well-acquainted with such classics of the genre as Caged and he embraces all of their clichés unhampered by the censorship of the 50's. There's a thin line between bad movies and good movies about bad movies. This hysterical take-off straddles that line."
Michael Snyder
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *****

In the heyday of Roger Corman and Filipino women in prison films during the '70s, the genre seemed to have run itself into the ground by the decade's end.  However, much to everyone's surprise, a second wave began in the early 80s, starting with the surprisingly accomplished THE CONCRETE JUNGLE...  Though it could have been a formulaic disaster, THE CONCRETE JUNGLE rises well above expectations thanks to dynamic performances from most of the cast and assured, slick direction from Tom DeSimone, best known for HELL NIGHT.
Nathaniel Thompson
MONDO DIGITAL

*****

"The key additives in this film are the substance, style and humor provided by writer-director, Tom DeSimone. DeSimone has put together a film of good taste and good fun that merits being seen again. The Idol has a romantic touch without being schmaltzy, erotic without heavy fantasy, and quality performances by the actors involved, making it a totally believable story, and a film commanding rapt attention of the audience."
Rob G. Tunnicliff 

"All told then, The Idol  is a movie to take great delight in, to see several times. In my last review I begged to be shown a rose or left alone. Memories of this movie won't leave me soon; this is more than a rose, it's the whole Rose Bowl Parade."
Karr
BAY AREA REPORTER  *****

"Dust Unto Dust  is the closest thing to an art film that erotic cinema has produced. Other attempts, in their own right, are art as interpreted in the style of French and Italian filmmakers and in a modern setting. "Dust Unto Dust" is thoroughly American in both style and setting. It is not the West of John Ford or Roul Walsh, but something akin to William Wellman or Howard Hawks... it deserves the widest possible theatrical exposure: film society showings, cults of enthusiasts, the works!"
THE ADVOCATE MAGAZINE