Here's the thing...

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2012)

There will always be nay-Sayers. It is unfortunately something that comes with movies like this these days. So let me say this: If you are a cynical, jaded, pretentious movie watcher then the horror movie genre is NOT FOR YOU! Horror movies, no matter how good they are will always have somebody disparaging it saying things like "what's the point?" and it was "utter drivel." There will always be people who will review a movie badly just because it becomes popular and they feel that to dissent somehow validates their opinion and makes them smarter than all of the "simpletons" who "actually enjoyed this." Now, I'm not saying that everyone who has a negative opinion of this movie or any horror movie is necessarily like this or has an invalid opinion, but I am pointing out that people like this are out there IN ABUNDANCE and that you should beware of them. That being said...
If you're reading this review then chances are you already have some idea of what this movie is about so I wont bog it down with a big synopsis. In short...I loved this movie! It creates originality out of that which is no longer original. Is it the perfect film? Um, no. Is it really scary? No. But is it devoid of scariness? Of course not! But there are other places one can go for a really scary movie experience. So some of the special effects were sub-par and the CGI wasn't that spectacular, Big Deal! Here's the true appeal. I had more fun with this movie than I've had with a new movie in quite some time. You hear that? FUN. Something some people forget to have when they go see a movie. It does a good job of presenting interesting ideas about the traditional aspects of horror/slasher films. Joss Whedon creates a fantastic story that gives us a look behind the curtain of the horror genre to show us something that we haven't quite seen before or at least not in this way. So go check it out and don't forget to enjoy yourself! It's scary! It's funny! And it executes its purpose of satire and parody so wonderfully that it had me leaving the theater with the feeling that I experienced something clever and new!