Nice psychological thriller; not truly horrifying SPOILER

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2004)

This is an interesting movie - especially for those who like psychotic killer with amoral conscience as the antagonist.
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The way the killer let his victims tries to save their own life in nearly impossible matters and then eventually let them die is both sadistic and graphic. The movie shows that the killer, who is bitter about his terminal brain tumor, wanted to kill those around him, making him taking control of other people's destiny (their life/death) and therefore allow him to have a sense of control of other people's life even if he can't live much longer himself. This movie uses the tactic of showing an alibi and fools the audience into thinking that he is the real killer. It does this well. At the end, the real killer is revealed.
The only problem about a killer who plans an ingenious strategy to make his victim suffers and then dies is the plan has to hold up. This requires detailed planning and able to predict what the victim will likely to do. And especially at the later scene where the killer uses another victim (Zep Hindle) as his fake alibi and forces him to do his bidding. This part would be next impossible to do as Zep is outside of the set up environment. The others victims are confined in a chamber, close room, or a place that were escape is not possible and they've make the choice the killer is given to them or die. Also the fact that the killer is playing dead in the room while victims never realize that he was alive was kinda unbelievable.
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I would recommend this movie for people wanting a psychological thriller rather than a horror movie. Horror movie is when after you watch it, you'll not be able to sleep well at night and become extremely fearful to your surroundings. This movie develops mystery but is too far fetch to be completely believable. The setting and elaborate setup to kill of the victims is not typical and requires many hours of planning. Therefore the horror only affects the viewers during the movie and not if they're alone in the house at night.