I couldn't stop watching if I tried!

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2002)

I was wondering how many comments I would have to read before I hit a mention of H.P. Lovecraft! This movie is so Lovecraftian its unbelievable, and yet there was no mention of any of the creatures in HPL's work and that was a good thing. SPOILER ALERT++++ In fact, there were no creatures at all; and THAT was a good thing too!+++++ The movie did such a good job of depicting the madness of Hell without showing Hell itself nothing more was needed. The sets were astounding, the cinematography was excellent-even the music was well done. Anyone who didn't like this movie was probably someone expecting to see stupid half naked high school girls running around in places they shouldn't go. I am so hardened by disturbing films I thought I couldn't be shaken by a mere sci-fi/horror film. I was wrong. This film stuck in my mind for days afterward... but I own it and I have seen it several times. Yes its gory. Yes it...ahem "borrows" certain ideas from other LESSER horror films. No, the dialog isn't the greatest in filmmaking. But darn it all, this is one of the best films of its kind to come out in years. Forget "Scream", forget that snoozer "I Know What You Did Last Summer", forget all those stupid attempts at "horror"... this film DELIVERS!