Great concept, good suspense, horrible acting

Rating: 8/10 (30 October 2004)

I went into this movie not expecting much. I'm not a huge horror fan, but this concept sounded interesting. And it was. I have to applaud the writers of this film for creating an entirely unique and disturbing idea. Extremely well written, excellent plot twists, especially at the end, and good character development for a horror film. For this alone, I'd give the movie a 9.
However, I must mention the acting. In particular Carey Elwes. I'll start this off by saying that I like Elwes. Robin Hood, The Crush, Liar Liar, all rather successful performances. But this was by far the worst acting I have seen in a long time. We're talking worse than Sofia Coppola in Godfather III. And I'm not even sure if it was intentional. Granted, there were light moments in the film, and maybe the director wanted to lighten up these moments toward the end of the film (where Elwes' performance was laughable. Literally. I, along with many others, were laughing histerically.
But
It's definitely worth seeing. It's a great blend of suspense, gore, and occasionally unexpected (and unintentional) comedy. 8/10