More Horror than Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2006)

I went into the film having heard it compared to Alien and thus had my expectations set on a little more suspense-thriller than horror. That was an incorrect expectation as the film tended to try to shock the viewer at least every 4 minutes with a "Boo!"(scary) moment and didn't build them up like they did in Alien (or like you'd find in classic thrillers from Hitchcock). It's mostly a splatter fest in the last half of the film. People looking for a gory splatter fest will not be disappointed.
It's scary though and most of the viewers at the Waterfront Film Festival were frightened. I know my wife was scared.