a lot of nothing for an extremely little scare

Rating: 3/10 (31 October 2004)

1. see cannibal holocaust first, as the entire conceit of this film is lifted whole from the former.
2. i will grant you that the last thirty seconds or however long it takes from "it's a house" to the very end is chilling. not scary, chilling.
3. sitting through 86 minutes to get to that one little frisson is an unbelievable waste of time.
4. if you happen to be sitting in another room while someone else in your home is watching the film, the constant screaming and moaning which passes for 'plot' in the aforementioned 86 minutes of screen time WILL annoy the other members of your household.
don't bother with it. or, just watch the last five minutes. you'll get the entire film, and nicely encapsulated, too. alternately, watch the last broadcast, which also 'pays homage to' i.e. bites cannibal holocaust and is, in my opinion, a scarier film.