Fun movie that makes fun of the horror genre

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2015)

Its part horror and part comedy. Some time mid movie it changes tones and shows you what is really going on, making you take a step back and realize how silly monsters can be from a certain perspective. For example, would you be afraid of monsters if they were under your own absolute control? The reason I liked it is because it reminded me a lot of dreams as I grew up. Like most kids, when i was young, I used to get nightmares but at some point (probably by Jr. high) I started realizing when I was dreaming and all of a sudden the scary Pinhead or Freddy became irrelevant within my own dream because I knew I controlled them (and they quickly changed to well endowed women...). This is how this movies advances. Its like a coming of age movie for horror lovers. They give hints about what is going on during the movie but it starts to come together towards the end and it was fun to watch the chaos. Some younger viewers might find some parts scary, but by the end everyone should be cheering for the monsters.

Side note -

Most of the low reviews here score the movie based on silly things like not getting scared (or gasp... plot holes in a horror flick lol) during the movie. Well, did it ever occur to you people that maybe, you are older now and its not as easy to be surprised or scared in a horror movie? Get used to it. I had a bad habit of sneaking into the kitchen after everyone was asleep and watching horror movies on late night TV. I saw so many, that I am practically immune to horror hijinks like sudden scares, gore, tension or death. Of course, at the time, these movies gave me nightmares but I was only 4th grade (and I loved the adrenaline rush) but now I am 38. No horror movie has scared me since Hellraiser I. So to grade a movie on the fact that it didn't scare me would not be fair. Does one rate a kids movie as bad because they are no longer a kid? I hope not.