Why must we be tortured with bad movies...

Rating: 2/10 (21 April 2006)

As the movie opened, I found myself looking forward to a pleasantly bad and quite jokingly funny horror movie. I, however, in the end found myself confused and relieved. The movie boasts its abnormality, and yet begins with a near cliché plot, ghost towns. However, as the journey throughout a barely visible and overdramatised set continues, we find ourselves consumed in questions such as, "Why is the cop wearing a tight leather outfit?" or "Why is her phone on a necklace?" or "Why has she stopped looking for her daughter?", or many other distracting thoughts about minuscule points within the film. Surprisingly, such experienced actors fail to represent their horror genre with unbelievable reactions to unbelievable events. However, I am willing to forgive and instead blame the script. A script that contains such odd lines as "Look, I'm burning!!" as the little girl then burst into flames, or as the mother says to the cop, "Its all going to be okay, were going to be fine," before the drama even happens. The movie also brags at its minor use of computer generated action and scenes. I found myself doubting that throughout. Also unbelievable, was the music, and not in a good way. The oddly placed and strangely non-thematic sounds did not accompany the action well at all. Besides the aforementioned "problems" with the incredibly confusing, cliff-hanging, and ridiculous film, it was quite amusing and moderately entertaining, allowing for numerous chuckles and outbursts due to character stupidity and some awkward and misplaced dialog.