A Teen Thriller That Doesn't Condescend

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2007)

This isn't a great horror/thriller movie...But, it's actually fairly solid and good enough to hold the viewer. Most teen horror is just too unrealistic and "campy" (but without actual humor) too appeal to me. This movie entertains and creates enough tension so I'd recommend it as one both teens and adults can enjoy.
Though it shares a basic premise with Hitchcock's Rear Window, the main character is confined to his home where he voyeuristic-ally passes time, it does not mimic otherwise. It is not, or is it intended, to be a re-make, loosely or otherwise.
The acting is solid all the way around. The storyline, a bit slow, sets up and builds tension that works itself to a climatic ending. However, it's the ending that prevents me from giving this film but a 6. The predictably overdone and quickly carried out ending seems to fall just a little flat for this viewer. Still, a quiet respectable stab at the genre