You never SAW such a mess!
The score of 5 is given for entertainment value, it is no reflection of what this flick deserves as a motion picture.
I got involved with this through going through spam from seller sites, saw the DVD box cover, "Ah, girl in distress - investigate!" Research brought to light main star is Sarah Thompson. I loved her as Eve in ANGEL. I feared ANGEL might kill her. Eve was a cute bad girl... Okay, that is another show. Point is, I was in favor of buying another Sarah Thompson title. Just to make sure, I downloaded the trailer. Everything checked out promising. I must have seen all the negative comments here. I do not overdo research, what is the point if you know too much up ahead?
Good question actually.
This movie starts off, I suppose, following the tried and tested recipe, as other reviewers all attest. About midway, everything changes. This movie turns "surprising" if it could be called that. Let me rather say, something happens, something is revealed, and from that moment on, the train is on a different track and coming off the rails. For a while I thought, maybe something could be salvaged, but it soon became apparent NO WAY!
I'm just happy to report that Sarah Thompson is so cute I could suffer through ten messes like this as long as she is in it.
It would have been a way better movie if it kept to the apparent premise without going into such dark, hitherto unexplored territory. Yeah, it brought a new angle, but one that is so deranged, yet acted out by a campy villain, that the whole movie becomes a floundering mess. And if you check out the Behind the Scenes on the DVD, no wonder, the directors are obviously kinda whacky.
Movie also underlines why I eschew blood & guts horror films BECAUSE I freak out when my heroine is getting hooked through her ankle. There is enough entrails in this one to satisfy an abattoir.
The score of 5 is given for entertainment value, it is no reflection of what this flick deserves as a motion picture.
I got involved with this through going through spam from seller sites, saw the DVD box cover, "Ah, girl in distress - investigate!" Research brought to light main star is Sarah Thompson. I loved her as Eve in ANGEL. I feared ANGEL might kill her. Eve was a cute bad girl... Okay, that is another show. Point is, I was in favor of buying another Sarah Thompson title. Just to make sure, I downloaded the trailer. Everything checked out promising. I must have seen all the negative comments here. I do not overdo research, what is the point if you know too much up ahead?
Good question actually.
This movie starts off, I suppose, following the tried and tested recipe, as other reviewers all attest. About midway, everything changes. This movie turns "surprising" if it could be called that. Let me rather say, something happens, something is revealed, and from that moment on, the train is on a different track and coming off the rails. For a while I thought, maybe something could be salvaged, but it soon became apparent NO WAY!
I'm just happy to report that Sarah Thompson is so cute I could suffer through ten messes like this as long as she is in it.
It would have been a way better movie if it kept to the apparent premise without going into such dark, hitherto unexplored territory. Yeah, it brought a new angle, but one that is so deranged, yet acted out by a campy villain, that the whole movie becomes a floundering mess. And if you check out the Behind the Scenes on the DVD, no wonder, the directors are obviously kinda whacky.
Movie also underlines why I eschew blood & guts horror films BECAUSE I freak out when my heroine is getting hooked through her ankle. There is enough entrails in this one to satisfy an abattoir.