Absolutely terrible.

Rating: 1/10 (22 July 2005)

I can't see how in the world this thing came to be so overrated. First and foremost, everything about it seems hackneyed and recycled, it has an air of cheap 80s teeny thrillers about it. The plot is plain silly - a mishmash of tacky themes including UFOs, time-warp, bogeyman, and expectedly, teen angst. Now, supposedly, some such incredibly over-the-top plots may have made for some classic B-movies in the past. But even in terms of camp or trash value, this film is too square and has too large a budget to offer any entertainment. There's nothing genuinely funny or frightening in it, despite noticeable attempts. About a half way through I ended up yawning myself senseless and reaching for "stop". Perhaps the (fortunate) neglect of the themes involved during the 90s is accountable for this film's popularity amongst its generation of teens, to whom this may seem a novelty. It is possible that the poor quality of the story and dialogue is thus overlooked.