I laughed. I cried. And I agreed, the movie stinks!

Rating: 5/10 (29 September 2001)

Let me first issue an apology:
It's impossible not to watch this film with a couple of simple minded friends, in a full theatre, and not choke on your popcorn with laughter. If you are, say, between 18 and 35, like stupid comedies, are in that special mood, and don't care much about your self image, boy, this is the film for you.
I was looking to laugh, and I got a movie in which I couldn't stop laughing. So that means the movie works, right?
Well. It's like a chiclet. At first it tastes great, but chew on it hard, and the taste is gone. First of all (the apology has ended, BTW), I am SURE I saw a censored version of the movie, since there was a huge gap between the professors' death and the kids trying to get out of the haunted house. Second (and I cannot stress it enough), how come the directors are so keen in showing us the drug addict as the cool guy? I mean, kids are going to watch this movie one way or the other (rental, anyone?) and I can only imagine what they'll think when they see that the dopey guy even gets the girl at the end. Do we really need a drug-glorifying culture nowadays? Sheesh... I have known friends who regularly use drugs, and they ended up isolated and alienated. Nothing at all what is shown on the films.
The story, as it is to be expected, stinks. No continuity, jumps from scene to scene, lots of jokes that simply don't work (the whole skeleton thing is stupid), and way too many counterculture references. Which will only help to date the thing. Which will make future viewing difficult or impossible. Which makes this movie appeal to future generation lessen a lot.
Which might not be a bad thing, after all.