An execrable, forgettable piece of all-around poorly-made trash.

Rating: 1/10 (8 November 2009)

SPOILER: I'm at a loss to understand a lot about this movie: the people who say they were scared by it, the fact that it wasn't forgotten immediately after release, the fact that it got a release at all. Basically, this movie must appeal to those that don't believe a good horror movie should have any of the things that make any other movie good: actors that can maybe act a little. A plot. Something faintly resembling adequate cinematography, or at the very least, shots that Camera-work that looks like the cameraman had the visual sense of a at least a seventh grader.
This piece of forgettable trash has none of that. I have no problem with low-budget horror. But this doesn't just look like a student film. It looks like a film made by talentless students who didn't know how to write, direct, set lights, or act.
I first saw it in the theaters as a 13-year-old horror buff, with a friend with similar tastes. As a 13 year old, I found it laughably stupid, poorly made, and not at all scary. Now, 27 years later I gave it another chance. And you know what? It's laughably stupid, poorly made, and not at all scary.
This is an execrable mess. It's that lousy. These people who are giving it 10 stars... I don't know what movie they were watching, because the one I saw certainly wasn't worth the hour and a half of my time. If I could have watched the whole thing in 15 minutes, it wouldn't have been worth the 15 minutes.
I dunno, I guess if you like wooden, ham-fisted lack of acting ability, or are scared by completely fake-looking special effects that are clearly made of poorly animated stop- motion clay, or enjoy weak plots full of logic holes you could drive an 18 wheeler through, there'll be a lot to please you here. Otherwise, this piece of garbage has absolutely nothing to commend it.