Well worth watching

Rating: 9/10 (8 July 2005)

It is very difficult to really scare modern horror fans. We have been brought up on the full gamut of styles ranging from special effects laden gorefests to minimalist (low budget?) films designed to make your imagination do the rest. Whilst this doesn't rise to the heights of finger gnawing tension we all crave, it does manage a few genuine jumps and some uncomfortable situations. Where it falls down is in the area of character development. We never get to know or like any of the characters sufficiently to really empathise with them. It is only this empathy with the characters that leads us to really share their fear. Nevertheless this is a pretty good effort, a bit different from anything we've seen before, and well worth a couple of hours in the cinema.