Entertaining only if you're not a horror film buff...

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 1999)

... otherwise, if you cut your teeth on film-makers like Cronenberg, Craven's early efforts, the Italian shockmeisters of the 1970's and even Halloween or Friday the 13th, this film is decidedly forgettable. Williamson, who doubtlessly doesn't have any more perspective on horror cinema than the average person, can only capitalize on these films' relegation to obscurity--otherwise, people would recall that there was a time when directors produced horror films with what looked like handheld cameras and scripts written-on-the-fly which still in comparison make this look like a horror movie for toddlers. And, since no one recalls Craven's New Nightmare, that was also a self-referential horror film... it just happened to flop.