More of a spoof than a scary movie

Rating: 5/10 (16 April 2012)

Ha,ha, I get it, you're making fun of horror movies and how they all seem to be very similar. But as a horror fan, I dare say that all movies of all genres follow a familiar pattern, which the audience recognizes and responds to. It's just so easy to pick on Horror, because there are a lot of bad horror movies out there. This was already done, far more effectively in my opinion, by "Scream," which clearly laid out the rules of a horror movie. However, "Scream," despite making good-natured fun of it, still closely followed the rules and made for a very enjoyable, scary experience. This movie made me jump a few times and had a good build-up at times, but when it kept going back to the scientists having a blast, it takes you out of the moment and it's not scary anymore. And once the virgin and the pot-head find their way into the control room, it became completely ridiculous. I'd prefer it, if they had just given you the scary stuff throughout the movie and then have the big twist revealed at the end. Then it would have been a little like "Lost" but at least I would have gotten my scares out of the way and been content.