Great disappointment

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2005)

I looked forward to seeing this but it was a great bore and sickeningly sadistic for no purpose. For example the scenes where we see the "terror" of the doctor's family. It adds nothing to the story. The acting is poor, the direction is poor. The story is good but gets completely ruined. The film is just way too dark in a disturbing and pointless way. There were some young women in the cinema who were giggling through the whole movie. I felt sorry for them that they had chosen to see such a bleak movie. It's astonishing that this movie, of all "horror" films, should get such a high rating on IMDb. It should really be exposed for what it is: A sadistic MTV-rock video with no purpose other than to waste people's time. The "surprise"ending is good and astonishing, although I must say I don't quite get it, and don't quite care.