This movie was barely tolerable. Another reviewer compared it to other horror movies and called them crap in comparison. I guess he was paid to do so, or simply has no taste; This movie is one big cliché and pales next to the movies he listed.
Where other movies have some inventiveness going for them, this movie has none. It's a standard, two people in a house have bad things happen to them, scenario.
Not in a good way either. Not in a way that makes your skin creep or wonder what's next. I confess, the movie had me wondering at the start. It was promising. About a third to a half into the movie I realized that the promise was broken. The suspense was turning from clever into stupid.
The main characters display an amazing lack of brains throughout their ordeal. Without giving away anything, I can say they act in the same way as the teenagers do in Scream. You know that list the horror-geek has? Don't do this, don't do that? Yes, in this movie they break just about every item on the list. Yawn!
I cannot fault the actors- they did an okay job- it's the director's job to make sure the movie is good. You can recast actors, you can rewrite scripts, you can improvise. But he who holds responsibility for what goes on and off the cutting table is the director.
I would recommend against watching this movie, unless you like to yell at the screen because the protagonists are being stupid. In my opinion, the two main leads should more closely read their next scripts before accepting them. It was a disappointing experience seeing them go through the motions of "look at me, I'm a stupid victim" in ordinary lack-of-ideas-horror movie fashion.
There is plenty of GOOD horror out there, but most of it goes under the radar, unfortunately.
With all this said, you might even like this movie. I didn't, but then again I have an aversion towards open stupidity. At least trick me into thinking I watched a smart movie. But... no. That didn't happen this time.
Where other movies have some inventiveness going for them, this movie has none. It's a standard, two people in a house have bad things happen to them, scenario.
Not in a good way either. Not in a way that makes your skin creep or wonder what's next. I confess, the movie had me wondering at the start. It was promising. About a third to a half into the movie I realized that the promise was broken. The suspense was turning from clever into stupid.
The main characters display an amazing lack of brains throughout their ordeal. Without giving away anything, I can say they act in the same way as the teenagers do in Scream. You know that list the horror-geek has? Don't do this, don't do that? Yes, in this movie they break just about every item on the list. Yawn!
I cannot fault the actors- they did an okay job- it's the director's job to make sure the movie is good. You can recast actors, you can rewrite scripts, you can improvise. But he who holds responsibility for what goes on and off the cutting table is the director.
I would recommend against watching this movie, unless you like to yell at the screen because the protagonists are being stupid. In my opinion, the two main leads should more closely read their next scripts before accepting them. It was a disappointing experience seeing them go through the motions of "look at me, I'm a stupid victim" in ordinary lack-of-ideas-horror movie fashion.
There is plenty of GOOD horror out there, but most of it goes under the radar, unfortunately.
With all this said, you might even like this movie. I didn't, but then again I have an aversion towards open stupidity. At least trick me into thinking I watched a smart movie. But... no. That didn't happen this time.