Saw this as part of the Frightfest, where it was in the company of some great independent horror movies, and it threw into sharp relief just how much these slick Hollywood horrors miss the point entirely.
The dialogue is atrocious, the plot is the worst example of A to B storytelling I've seen in years, every character is absolutely hateful and the attempts at nightmarish and unsettling imagery show a complete lack of imagination. The only thing going for it is that it's not a hatchet job of an Asian movie or a teen slasher flick, and I guess it's positive that Hollywood producers are at least trying, but this is an example of overreaching what their talent and imagination can achieve.
On this evidence Hollywood needs to leave proper horror to people who understand what they're doing with it, and stick to churning out slasher movies and remakes for their quick bucks. Utter tripe.
The dialogue is atrocious, the plot is the worst example of A to B storytelling I've seen in years, every character is absolutely hateful and the attempts at nightmarish and unsettling imagery show a complete lack of imagination. The only thing going for it is that it's not a hatchet job of an Asian movie or a teen slasher flick, and I guess it's positive that Hollywood producers are at least trying, but this is an example of overreaching what their talent and imagination can achieve.
On this evidence Hollywood needs to leave proper horror to people who understand what they're doing with it, and stick to churning out slasher movies and remakes for their quick bucks. Utter tripe.