Don't Waste your money

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2004)

I saw this movie the day it came out in theaters, and it started out good. As one would expect it was very similar to the movie "Signs" in terms of the mood and characters. The beginning was very suspenseful and kept me in my seat waiting for what would happen next. Then as soon as the so called "creatures" were shown it sort of came across as being corny, and ruined a lot of the suspense i had of what the creatures might look like. As the movie goes on, it slowly starts to reveal to us creatures true identity and their purpose for frightening the villagers from going into the woods and reaching the outside world. Overall I don't recommend this movie if your looking for scary or si-fi. Although I enjoy movies that make you think and this one most definitely did. I think that as the real meaning behind the "creatures" and the village is revealed it ruins the whole story. Literally its like they turn out to be "omish" people in todays day, who are frightened of the real world because of life's tragedies and our trying to hide it from the rest of the village and create their own society in the woods. Not quite the thriller it was hyped up to be.