nice suspense horror

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2007)

There's really not much to say about this movie, other than that is a nice thriller/horror. Looks are great; awesome sceneries, good cgi (which is seldom the case, esp. in horror movies), and mostly good acting.
Mostly, because as is often the case; a lot of the extras performing (the villagers, the monsters) were kind of detrimental to the credibility of the atmosphere, especially in the final scenes where the villagers are mindlessly shouting their lines (with body-language typical to amateur actors), without actually being part of the scene that is going on. So ignore those extras.
The biggest flaw of this movie is Jodelle Ferland though, playing the daughter. Why she has performed in so many TV-shows is beyond me, because this girl can't act (edit: though I saw her in Tideland yesterday and thought she performed great in there.. so I'm at a loss here). Which is unfortunate because her appearances in the movie are usually during critical scenes, and her poor performance gives these scenes an undeserved amateur/C-movie quality.
Second to that is the song that kicks in the final credits. While the movie itself has a superb score, the songs during the final credits have the cunning ability of completely ruining the impression the movie itself leaves you with. A shame really.
But these flaws aside, the movie remains a perfectly well written, well performed and well executed suspense horror flick. Recommended to anyone in the mood for a bit of darkness and creepiness.