Good and interesting movie, if somewhat flawed

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 1999)

Yesterday, I got the chance to see this movie on the Sci-fi channel. I had planned to rent it at the video store but had never got the chance. Well, now that I've seen it I can say I could have spent a good $3 'cause the movie delivers on its premise.
As has been said before in other reviews, some of the weak points of the movie are its far-fetchedness with math principles (I'm no math wiz but how the math girl wasted even 3 seconds to ponder if even numbers are prime? Hello?). Some of the acting gets sometimes too melodramatic for its own good, and they tend to overact.
But considering this is a low-budget film, I think they worked wonders with the single set and the general atmosphere of the film was pretty creepy. Considering that nowadays it's difficult to see good horror anymore (although this movie it's more of a sci-fi/horror blend), it's great to see some explicit gore in a movie (the first death of the movie will quickly summon Hellraiser to mind).
Remember that most of the good horror outings now are coming from the independent sector (Check out also The Ugly, which was released also by Vidmark). The Blair Witch Project is another recent example to remind us that the future of horror does not lie in Scream and I know what you did last summer, those pitiful attempts at the genre.