Good plot gone bad

Rating: Null/10 (28 August 2000)

[WARNING - MINOR SPOILERS] It could have been a good horror flick. Honest. The first twenty-or-so minutes actually had me "hangin' on the edge of my seat", the plot was interesting, the acting was ok, the effects were very good... Then, of course, the Big Black Mortician showed up, and the plot ceased making sense. Characters began doing random things for random reasons and dying in spectacular, ridiculous ways. In spite of the (obvious!) petty strategies for building dramatic tension, I ended up laughing out loud at almost every scene: it was like watching a live-action Itchy & Scratchy segment. At some point, I pictured Grampa Simpson coming out of nowhere, pointing in a random direction and shouting "DEEEEEEEEEEEEATH!"... Ok, enough bashing. Two points for the effects, one for decent directing & acting, one for comic relief: four out of ten. Definitely not worth the money. _Any_ money.