Experienced shocker without originality

Rating: 5/10 (31 August 2007)

Once more it is a pleasure to see John Cusack as an arrogant looser. But the movie is just a little psychological thriller with creepy painting. It's fine for an autumn evening with an anxious girl friend in your arms. A few shock effects and a suspenseful soundtrack - that's all. The story is quite confuse and the end seems as if the authors did not really know how to finish the plot. The screenplay is based on a short story by Stephen King and has not got the power for a 90 minute movie. Nearly everything was seen before. Samuel L. Jackson has just a very short appearance but interprets his character as always very expressively. An average shocker which a excellent cast.