Would have been bad 30 years ago

Rating: 2/10 (13 September 2006)

As someone who's old enough to remember the video nasties of the late 1970s and early 1980s, I had the hope that the horror genre has moved on. These days, I figured, an intelligent audience want some thought in their slasher flick as well as the obligatory gratuitous violence. Sadly after watching this loose remake of Craven's classic I realise I was misguided. This sort of movie was done better 30 years ago with no CGI and a fraction of the budget.
The plot premise is actually very good. The execution (no pun intended) is dire at best. I don't think it's necessarily the director's fault: the script could have been written better by an 8 year old. Shallow characters, ridiculous situations, a ploy holier than the Turin shroud, and just plain stupid lines (Brenda's "Let's get out of here" towards the end takes the gold here - you'll see what I mean). Save yourself 1hr 40min and avoid this one like an atomic bomb test area.