Good idea gone wrong

Rating: 4/10 (22 January 2001)

The basic plot is a very good and scary one, but the film is so-so. Which is sad, because I can imagine great dialogues, great scenes and a better ending with, for example, M. Night Shyamalan or someone else better suited for this type of film at the wheel. As it is, what is a very novel and good idea is turned into a shake 'n' bake teen horror popcorn flick, good for a 14" screen on a slow Saturday night. It wears itself out pretty quickly and the point of the film, which could have been very imaginative, is focused on killing off the kids as quickly and as haphazardly as possible. The funniest thing is that the story has perfect logic and sense, but the makers have overlooked it and done a slipshod job. I'm sorry they did. It could have been great.