A contained horro movie. A group of kids get trapped in a house while being attacked by a strange creature. Is it a dog or something worse?
The story:
Was it good?
No. There are two problems. One, the main part of the story is peope being trapped in the attic by the this creature..except they almost never show the creature so you have no idea why they are so scared. Seriously, six kids are going to let themselves be trapped by what could just be a dog? I guess by not showing the creature much they thought they could add suspense of what it is, but it just made it stupid for me because it just didn't seem terrifying enough to be scared of. Compare that to THE DESCENT, where once the monsters show up we get some good looks at those creepy dudes and yeah, okay, then yeah, I get it.
The second is that since they are trapped for most of the movie either how they try to get out needs to be interesting (The Plan) or what is going on betwene them. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has the arguing of two sides -- should they run or stay in the house? Also the difference between being selfish and working as a group. Here, there's just nothing interesting. Even worse, it takes a while before the animal attack and none of that was interesting either.
*** SPOILER ***
So the twist at the end (because now every movie has to have a twist, right?) is that the creature is actually the mom who is a were-creature. What a stupid twist!! And the reason it's stupid is that it would be MUCH more interesting to know that ahead of time! The story of a mom who is cursed and now finds herself attacking her own children adds a layer of drama and tension...why would you hide that!
Just annoying characters, stupid story construction...
*** AVOID ***
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