I really hate saying bad stuff about a Josh Whedon Production

Rating: 5/10 (3 November 2012)

Because I like so much of his work.
The problem with this movie is that it was TOO clever. A typical group of American Horror Movie victims is placed in a scenario where they have to inadvertently pick their monster and be killed in order to appease ancient gods, all organized by a corporate bureaucracy who are competing to make sure that they beat their competition, who are staging a parallel Japanese Horror Movie.
(A funny line, "How hard is it to kill a bunch of nine-year olds?" when their Japanese counterparts fail.) The victims escape the trap involving zombies and encounter werewolves, Cenobites and other "not quite violating someone else's copyright" monsters before Sigourny Weaver shows up to provide exposition.
Josh, I love you man, but I never cared about any of these characters. Characters breaking through the fourth wall can be interesting, but you can't make a whole movie out of it.