Drag me to Cliché-ville

Rating: 3/10 (27 August 2009)

I watched this movie this evening and was actually very eager to do so. with hearing people give such glowing reviews as "this was the best horror movie ever made" or "Far better than any horror movie made in the last 10 years". "Man" I said to myself, "This could be one of those hard to live up to it's build up". Well you know what, well to put it bluntly, it didn't. This movie was bad. Bad all over. Not in the "Bad" The Evil Dead bad,(which of course was good, if ya know what I mean) but more like House of the Dead bad. Yep I said it. Bad as a Ewe Bol movie. Editing was off from the start. Cutting in to starkly to our heroines face early on. Go ahead re-watch you'll see what I mean. To using every single cliché in the book. From the grave scene which felt like a blow for blow from Poltergeist to the Anvil hanging in the garage.(Wile E Coyote would be proud Sam!) In this case I think Stephen King should wag his literary finger for "borrowing" his idea from Thinner. One person wrote a review stating this movie was innovative!?!? What was innovative at all? A stolen premise from an ICON in Horror. Second rate acting from both leads(Hi I'm a Mac). At least you could have gotten some eye candy that could scream well. Absolutely horrible script. The characters said things that felt completely out of character at the most idiotic times and the odd spacing between the actors lines left me feeling like shouting at the screen (say it , say it!!!). I'm sorry Mr. Raimi, this could not have been worse for you or for us the Horror loving public. You were supposed to be the second coming of Horror, to save our twisted souls from the SAWS and HOSTELS. Well I'm sorry to say it's too late, My $9.00 and my soul have been dragged to Hell.