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Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2004)

Very good suspense thriller. It would have been good even if it had not had the twists in it that it had. We get the idea very early on that there is more to the movie than just a bunch of travelers trapped in a storm at a motel in the middle of nowhere. They begin dying, but we know there is something odd going on that we can't put our finger on. Of course, we can't guess it. Who could? But, we are intrigued as a few of the early scenes go backward in time - making us realize we there is something to this time line issue. We also (if we were smart enough) might figure out that much of this takes place..
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in someone's mind. Or does it? Even to the end, we are not completely sure. It is clever and unique. I liked it a lot. I only didn't give it a 9 because I watched two movies tonight and gave the other one a 9 already and I'm thinking that I am being too generous.
But, when you compare it to the average slasher movie, there really is no comparison. This is an excellent suspense thriller with a major twist.