Under-rated...

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2005)

This film is a strange premise... It tries to be a tense and suspenseful horror, while trying to maintain a spoof-like attitude towards 50s B-movies... and for the large part it succeeds.
Though this film was advertised and branded as a horror you have to appreciate it as comedy if you want to enjoy it... Certain characters and actions as laugh out loud funny, and i think this is very intentional. The weird army man. The way uncle Meryl acts in places, and the tin foil on the head thing... (something which Scary Movie 3 missed the mark spoofing... because it was a joke in the first place) However in places the film seems stuck between the horror and comedy genres ad doesn't know where it wants to be, and you'll notice this scenes because they seem very awkward My suggestion is you enjoy this as a film that takes the mick out of old sci-fis but is also suspenseful in its own right. I think this is a fine film despite the ending, which doesn't fit the rest of the film... Or maybe it does because I haven't seen any 50s Sci-Fis.