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Not bad, there's some fun to be had, and i'd recommend renting it.
Unfortunately I bought it because it seemed to be highly revered on this site. Not that it's a bad movie, it just doesn't have a lot of replay value due to it's conclusion.
On the downside, most of the characters are quite annoying, and even though he did just fine here, I will never be a fan of Eric Mabius. Sorry dude, you look like Bon Jovi and you killed 'The Crow' movies. Thankfully he's not in it too much, and up until the end all I could think was 'why the fuck does this guy keep showing up?'.
There is a good amount of humour in here, some stuff works really well (like the flare gun sight-gag mentioned in the official review) but at other times the humour feels forced.
Also, the monster is pretty corny, not that i mind stuff like that, but after watching the bonus featurette it seems the director was goin for something really scary, and that guy doesn't really cut it for me. He's a fun looking villain but i ain't havin any nightmares over him.
My bigggest complaint is the direction. At no point did this movie feel like a horror to me. The shots at night are too well lit, and I was very aware of how staged everything was at every moment, not once really losing myself in the atmosphere. To explain, it kinda looks like a really well done tv thriller. Nothing I could picture in a theatre.
Overall it's not a waste of time, and despite my growing hatred for 'the final twist', i think by the end it was all wrapped up in a pretty clever way that ALMOST made me want to watch it again... maybe.
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