People liked it, but I thought it sucked

Rating: 3/10 (13 February 2005)

OK, this movie had potential. It was, as others have stated, well crafted - the direction, the premise, the imagery - all good.
But I cannot tap into a movie very easily if it has either bad acting or bad dialogue, and this movie failed at both of those. I simply did not sympathise with the characters, and never did get the creepy/cool/scary/funny feeling I get from truly great thriller/horror flicks like The Exorcist, The Shining, Poltergeist and Psycho.
It's funny, the supporting actors were not too bad, but I thought the two main roles were terrible. They needed either Jennifer Connely and Jared Leto, Christina Ricci and Johnny Depp, or hell even Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon to do this movie.
And it needed better dialogue.
3/10 - wait for it, someday we will be granted a truly wonderful horror flick to put in our proud collection of horror DvDs, and finally be able to say that yes, our generation can produce good horror.
A better remake in the meantime is the remake of Psycho. Vince Vaughn gives a great performance and it is most definitely worth your time.