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This movie was basically The Cave minus the cave diving with some added (and hokey) estrogen content. And I mean that in a bad way.
Not that women can't be extreme athletes, but the characters fell into such overtired stereotypes it wasn't even funny. As has been the norm for the past five years, I wanted most of the characters dead and out of my misery within the first 10 minutes of character introduction. *sigh*
The movie began badly (with an unbelievable scene of white water rafting...as in, it was so crummily shot it was laughable) and ended with a half-assed 'boo' and there wasn't much to recommend it in between. The special effects weren't, the scares weren't, and there were some cheap startles along the way, with a limp, weak little storyline in between there somewhere. The monsters, by the way, looked like they were out of Hollywood's bargain basement...think the vampire-bat from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Minus the wings.
If you can catch this movie as a matinee (good freaking luck...all the theatres around here now have a $5.00 for the first movie before noon...and then regular price the rest of the time)...do so. Or wait till it's free on cable. Or better yet, waste your life playing Scrabble for two hours.
1/2 a shot of rum.
The Captain
Post Script
Like most horror films, I did no research before I saw the movie, so I'm not 'tainted' with other people's opinions.
You know, it might be the 'best horror film ever made in Britain', but for gods sake, it was horrible. They kept saying it was 'as scary as Alien. WRONG. Dead wrong in a plastic baggie with a rotting troll. I'm sorry. England must be hurting for meaningful, terrifying horror films. I've seen American made for TV movies that have kept me up for nights on end. This movie was not one of them. I suppose if you like Britisn horror, it's a goodie, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original Texas Chainsaw, the original Nightmare on Elm Street, or even the first Saw movie. It wasn't even as good as (though less nausea inspiring than) The Blair Witch Project. It's bland, with a side of clunky and an extra helping of piss poor filming trying to hide behind the words 'artsy' and 'cutting edge'.
Personally, if you want good British horror, try 28 Days... or Shaun of the Dead.
Not that women can't be extreme athletes, but the characters fell into such overtired stereotypes it wasn't even funny. As has been the norm for the past five years, I wanted most of the characters dead and out of my misery within the first 10 minutes of character introduction. *sigh*
The movie began badly (with an unbelievable scene of white water rafting...as in, it was so crummily shot it was laughable) and ended with a half-assed 'boo' and there wasn't much to recommend it in between. The special effects weren't, the scares weren't, and there were some cheap startles along the way, with a limp, weak little storyline in between there somewhere. The monsters, by the way, looked like they were out of Hollywood's bargain basement...think the vampire-bat from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Minus the wings.
If you can catch this movie as a matinee (good freaking luck...all the theatres around here now have a $5.00 for the first movie before noon...and then regular price the rest of the time)...do so. Or wait till it's free on cable. Or better yet, waste your life playing Scrabble for two hours.
1/2 a shot of rum.
The Captain
Post Script
Like most horror films, I did no research before I saw the movie, so I'm not 'tainted' with other people's opinions.
You know, it might be the 'best horror film ever made in Britain', but for gods sake, it was horrible. They kept saying it was 'as scary as Alien. WRONG. Dead wrong in a plastic baggie with a rotting troll. I'm sorry. England must be hurting for meaningful, terrifying horror films. I've seen American made for TV movies that have kept me up for nights on end. This movie was not one of them. I suppose if you like Britisn horror, it's a goodie, but it doesn't hold a candle to the original Texas Chainsaw, the original Nightmare on Elm Street, or even the first Saw movie. It wasn't even as good as (though less nausea inspiring than) The Blair Witch Project. It's bland, with a side of clunky and an extra helping of piss poor filming trying to hide behind the words 'artsy' and 'cutting edge'.
Personally, if you want good British horror, try 28 Days... or Shaun of the Dead.
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