This scene didn't really bother me that much, but it did make me wonder why this clip was the one chosen for release. The fake scare is standard stuff, and not particularly horrible when compared to the old "throw a helpless cat through a window and dub in a shriek" variety common to the genre. The problem is that there's little tension before or after it to enhance the "real" scare implied at the end. Worse, the character actually stands in the doorway of a well-lit room that she can see all of quite clearly and says, "Hello?", as though someone might be lurking somewhere outside of her line of sight. Where did she think the person she was looking for was hiding? This is a scare scene of network TV caliber, unworthy of a theatrical film. If this is the scene they expect to get people to shell out $9 to see the movie, they're in trouble. That said, it beats the hell out of anything in the APRIL FOOL'S DAY remake!
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