the low brow horror flick tricks

Rating: 5/10 (21 February 2006)

Given, that when i rented this movie, i sorta new what i was in for. Cheap thrills with age old tricks of the trade to make you jump in your seat. The movie had a bit more depth in it, because of the work of the actors involved, but ultimately it came down to how the movie spun on. A regular pitch line, an excuse to do something dangerous or go someplace where you can't ask for help, in this case both. Blocking the path behind you, forcing you to go down a path, having to face the fears, in this movie choosing to not tell anyone where you were going, going into a cave no one else had gone previously, and then the cave-in. Tragedy to slow things down, the broken leg. Spike of things to come, seeing the creature.
etc etc.
after this movie i think i came to the conclusion that i'm worn out on these mundane single sided movies where there is a preset method to scare the viewer.
1) when you're not on the screen you make no noise what so ever, person on screen turns around and BOO, a friend of yours is now 2 inches from your face "you coming?"
2) people lose about 50 IQ points when faced with danger and add to that an insurmountable curiosity to find out what the source is of every little noise they hear, mind you, without telling anyone about it first.
3) the "villain" is willing to wait in the dark, 2 feet away from it's next potential victim and not make a sound or move, until said victim swings it's light source directly at the villains face, followed by a monster scream from both villain and victim.
there are better ways to make a thriller, something that makes you squirm in your seat, but doesn't take use of the cheap tricks to startle you.
good example : Red eye.