Different... the good kind, mind you

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2008)

This is perhaps best described as a slasher flick with a twist. The concept is interesting and well-developed, and remains both throughout. As long as you can do away with your disbelief for the duration, and accept that Death is going through something of a flashy phase, you're likely to enjoy this. The plot is reasonable, and keeps things going. The ending... *wow*. Thank you, Wong. Awesome job on that. The pacing is good, this certainly never gets boring. The effects are exceptionally done all the way. The acting varies, but it's never distractingly poor. Dialog... about the same, with some real high points here and there. The humor is absolutely great. It's never forced nor does it ever try too hard, and genuine comedy is the result, and it doesn't reach a level where the seriousness of the whole is lost, either. The cinematography and editing, the technical side of this in general, in marvelous. While there is some violence herein, this operates more through building tension. Suspense. The shocks are rather effective(they sure still work on me, and I've watched this a bunch of times). The writing isn't entirely flawless. I recommend this to fans of atmospheric horror, as well as the people who worked on it. 7/10