Saw it last night. KB did a great job with a very limited role... and I'm really looking forward to seeing her in more films.
The rest of the cast had nothing to do. Felt like the typical DimensionFilms-CUT AND PASTE horror film structure they've been doing for years. Film 3 scripts for the same movie and then glue scenes together to make some kind of a coherent film. The same fate as CURSED, another film that could have been amazing. Very disappointed. I think almost every film they make goes through massive reshoots... and then they get nervous and take bits and pieces from all of them to try to make it work. Doesn't usually make for a great film.
I liked the basic idea of abandoning technology... and I liked what it had to say about text messaging and e-mails (but having the voice over was a little much... most people could have figured it out on their own).
PS... What happened to Ron Rifkin? He was just there to be there apparently. The scares weren't that great (the audience was screaming, but this was in NY Times Square... and it consisted of mostly 7-12 year old kids screaming just for the hell of it. When the dancing ghost appears to their one friend and slowly moves toward him... the audience wouldn't stop screaming... and it felt more like the audience making a picture scary, not the other way around. *Like if you ran up to a friend and just screamed in their face for fifteen minutes they'd eventually get freaked out*.
Also, what the heck was wrong with their college? Talk about ugly ass interiors. I realize they were trying to set a mood, but I seriously doubt a college campus would have a bathroom that looks like it was the back-up set for SAW.
Typical poor horror film. Dark lighting and atmosphere instead of real horror. Remember when horror films could be scary and look like any other film? What happened to that!? If Ghostbusters can have a creepy opening in a library that looks pretty damn normal... why can't any other movie?
1/2 (****)
Half a star... out of four.
