Are you kidding me?

Rating: 3/10 (23 July 2005)

I'm so glad I didn't waste money seeing this in the theaters and waited until it came to satellite. I can't think of a much worse way to spend $7.50 then to see this silly little movie.
First, let me say that I did enjoy the Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs immensely. They all were moving, well done films that knew how to keep your suspense heightened. Suspenseful films are some of my favorite films to watch and Shyamalan is normally a master at it.
The "suspense" in this film revolves around eerie creatures in woods outside a nineteenth century village. The people in the village fear the creatures but are safe as long as they don't venture out into the woods. Of course, you know some of the villagers, being naturally curious, will eventually wander out in the woods. So the creatures do some things to make sure the villagers don't do it again. Are there some hidden meanings and secrets involved with the creatures and the villagers? Of course there are...after all, it's a Shyamalan movie.
But there is no reason for me to even discuss the "secrets" involved with the creatures, the village, or any other part of this movie, because they are just so unbelievably silly. Let's just say that some secrets are not worth $7.50 nor an hour and a half of your life to find out. The difference with the other 3 Shyamalan movies I mentioned above is that the secrets involved with them were at least somewhat believable and so did not ruin the stories.
I really hope Shyamalan learns from this meager effort and puts a little more thought into his next movie.