It is a horror movie and you will be horrified

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2006)

If you look at it from a horror-movie-maker's point of view, or even from a horror-movie-lover's point of view, it is one of the best movies in the genre to hit the big screen. Yet the actual horror story is set in an eastern European country and I can't help thinking how the movie can very easily tarnish the image of that country and how it can deter tourists wanting to visit the country; especially when the story isn't based on actual events. Apart from that it is a horror movie and you will be horrified. The only positive message I took away from the movie is the message that we need to be extra careful when visiting a foreign country as tourists, and recognize that things are done differently in different countries. What looks and sounds friendly where we live might not be so in a different country.