Saw it today, the movie was not scary at all. Although if you had asked any of the 13 year old girls in the theatre, it "Like was the best movie ever!"
There are only two moments that had me a back:
and also
I don't see how it was scary, it was ridden with seemingly unentional campiness.
It's PG-13 but is written by Wes Craven. He has shown he can make PG-13 work before, if only he had directed it.
Robert - you are completely right. What is with the locations? No college I know with such incredibly lab equipment would let their campuses be so run down.
ry