Surprisingly good if somewhat campy.

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 1999)

This was the sort of movie you enter expecting gore and horror, and are pleasantly surprised when the majority of the gore is done a la Evil Dead. Much of the tension in the movie is broken by well-timed punchlines or silly (if gross) scenes. Brendan Fraser turned in a decent, if somewhat wooden performance, and things did have a tendency to follow the deux ex machina rule: When the plot got stuck, the answer dropped out of the sky on the heroes. Aside from all of that, this was still an enjoyable feature - well worth the watch.