A horror fan's wet dream

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2012)

It is hard to review this film without giving things away. This alone should tell you that the movie is good. There is no cliché story and then a twist, so I can tell you the story and let you discover the twist. It's all twisted, so to speak.
So let me tell you what this film isn't. It is not a prepackaged recipe that you know by heart but you still like to eat the end result. It is not a cinema starfest and/or an ego trip for some writer or director. The people in the leading roles are mostly TV series actors (except for Thor) while the people in the supporting roles are people we've known and loved for a while now. The film is not a bait and switch. Even if the explanation comes slowly, it does come. There are hints of what is going on all over the film even from the start. Nobody is dreaming stuff or is actually dead and doesn't know it or all that crap. What you see is what you get (even if it is not the same for the characters). There is no gratuitous humour or gore, but there is plenty of both.
Bottom line: finally something original in horror movies. In a way, this is a meta movie: it explains all horror movies ever made and then laughs in the face of their predictability. "It's time to give someone else a chance" is a quote from the film and, I think, it was meant for the movie makers. All in all, a very enjoyable film.