Overall, I enjoyed it

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2006)

Surprisingly, this movie was everything I thought it wouldn't be- pretty good... I actually bought my $10.50 ticket with the mind set of " This movie is probably going to really suck..." But it didn't! It was totally better than I had thought it would be!
If you enjoy funny thrillers, this is a movie for you. I'm not quite sure which I did more of: laugh, jump, or " ewww". But I know there were plenty of times when I did all three at once! As for the plot, there was not really much to it all. You have your family and their dog going on a road trip, which of course, takes as many turns for the worse as possible. The movie starts off pretty slow, but I'm sure the directors did that so we as the viewers could build a relationship with the family. It actually started off so slow, you actually felt like you were on the boring road trip with the family.
When the movie finally did pick up... Boy did it pick up! The laughther, the jumps, and of course the "ewwws". The movie had quite a few corny parts, but they were funny, and actually worked themselves out. As with any horror flick, your jumps were supplied by things moving in the shadows, or a bump outside the door. Now, for the "ewwws", the movie was pretty gruesome, which made the movie even better. Also, the strange vengeful characters you will later meet in the movie, are an " ew " just by themselves.