Bring your defibrillator

Rating: Null/10 (4 December 2002)

First of all, when this movie first started, I thought it was going to be another Scream movie. All of the elements were there: the bad acting, lame lines, and the cheesiness of the scene with the two girls just made me cringe. Within minutes this movie rapidly showed its true nature. DO NOT BE FOOLED! This movie is all bite and no bark. Yes, it is formulaic and the acting is sub-par, but that does not mean this is not going to scare you witless. Let me put it to you this way, when they show the tape for the first time, YOU WILL BE SCARED. Even knowing that this would be the breaking point of the film, I was not ready for the tape. The images on the tape are the essence of good horror: reality gone horribly wrong. It has all the artistry of indie films and gothic horror the likes of which Poe and Lovecraft would be proud of. The rest of the movie is just window dressing, but there is nothing wrong with that. This movie shows us how the formula is supposed to work, and that is something worth seeing.