And why should this scare me?

Rating: 5/10 (25 May 2000)

Granted, when I rented the film I had very low expectations. I found out that I didn't think the film sucked, but I had many problems with it. First of all, the killer/killers is/are so easy to spot that it's almost embarrassing. Again, the musical score is utter and total crap. And also it's not nearly as funny as the original. I thought the funniest scene was in the "movie in the movie" when Tori Spelling is going to take a shower and we get a shot of the shower knob with water streaming down EXACTLY like the one in "Psycho"! That, and that they for some reason play the theme from John Woo's "Broken Arrow" every time David Arquette enters. Other than that, it relies on stringers instead of atmosphere and suspense, which is truly despicable. It's well shot and edited, and pretty well acted, but that's about it. Above all, the film is too predictable and too stupid to be scary, and that's not a good thing for a horror film. It's not bad, it's and allright film, just not something particularly memorable. But give it a try, maybe you'll like it more than I.