Save your $10!

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2006)

I'm not sure why I dislike this film so much; seeing that I'm a HUGE fan of the grotesque! This movie was just...well...boring! The idea was there, but it just wasn't done properlymaybe better actors could have pulled it off. Also, since it takes place in eastern Europe, it's hard to be frightened by a place and people you can't form an association with. Maybe it would be scarier if it took place in the states in some common city we all, as Americans, can relate to.
It was arrogant in it's approachtrying to bill it as one of the most graphic movies ever! It isn't. There's actually no violence in the film until the last 40 minutes or so...and that "violence" is just a bunch of poorly executed, 80's amateur blood-spurting; sophomoric, at best. They practically show you anything one might consider as "scary" in the trailer. It's basically Roth masturbating in your face and saying, "Oh look what I can do! Look...I can squirt blood and puss!!"
So...watch the trailer and save your money. You'll get the same effect. And if you must see it....wait or the rental. At least that way you can do the laundry while the first boring hour of the film drags on!