Nothing you haven't seen before

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2006)

If you've seen the promos and trailers for this movie, you'll know they are selling this movie as being ultra gory and graphic, and an overall disturbing film. "One of the most disturbing movies ever", etc. While it has it's fair share of blood and guts and might shock some people that are easily put off by the sight of blood, this isn't true for the rest of us. For the rest of us, this isn't anything more graphic or bloody than plenty of other movies that sell them self as the scariest movie of the year. If you have seen Ichi the Killer, you've seen a bloodier movie than this. If you have seen Irreversible, you have seen a more disturbing movie than this. Hell, if you've seen Passion of the Christ, you've seen a more brutal and disturbing film than this. I heard more laughs from my fellow audience members than screams of terror or anything even resembling it. Now given, the movie has some points that ARE supposed to be humorous, but not the majority of the film.
Final words, it's not a bad movie. It's still better than 80% of the horror/gory movies out there in that it's schlock level is relatively low. But it certainly doesn't rise to the level some (including myself) were expecting and hoping for.