Cerebral Candy

Rating: 10/10 (18 August 2006)

Being a lore and horror scholar, I truly enjoyed this film. It was almost like watching a bunch of Lt. Ripley's running around in the dark, but hot ones at best. Bad ass chicks that would kick any man's ass in a claustrophobic setting with some troglydites is an interesting premise that hasn't been done as well as this before.
What worked in a subversive way is the subtext of Juno and Sarah's relationship...it could've been a bit more intense in the beginning, their history should've been a bit more elaborate.
An interesting spin on it would've been the bit of Sarah's grief and psychosis throughout the film, especially after the loss of her husband and daughter. As the group of women were walking towards the cave, one of them mentions 'paranoia sets in...' with that said, what if it were all in Sarah's head? Grief and despair are lonely places and I feel the film would've worked a bit better if Sarah constructed the entire 'cave dwelling monster schema' in her head and she's murdering everyone to get to Juno. A bit of Haute Tension, but it would've worked better here and with a more tangible motive.