Not many films fail as this one does

Rating: 2/10 (27 May 2008)

User 'bumbletbw' described the movie perfectly thinning it down to its purest element: garbage. After hearing some good vibe about this movie, I rented it to find a story barely worthy to dethrone a PBS Masterpiece Theater midnight showing. Let me start off by stating that I traditionally like these types of movies: I liked Blairwitch, Signs, and Jackass. These movies all had something that CF did not, namely: an honest script, logical plot flow and an interesting story. Maybe the best way to describe this movie is to ask rhetorical questions. Why didn't any of the camera shots remotely scare me? Why did I feel like the hand-held camera was sometimes substituted as the narrator and not treated like a physical object? Why did the film not look as though it was filmed with a hand-held camera? I was willing to give this movie some narrative slack in exchange for a few suspenseful minutes, but it reneged on the deal. This is one of the worst movies I have seen in a while. Before you rent it, see what is on 'Nick at Night' first. I'll admit that it would have been better on the big screen. That's why I gave it 2 stars.