Very hammy characters/performances, lots of laugh-out-loud moments where people say/do things that are utterly ridiculous or over the top.

I wouldn't say it's quite 'so bad it's good', because it's not an incompetently made film, it's just got quite a bit of melodrama and campiness to it. It's unclear to me how much of the comedy is intended but I think it's certainly 'some of it'.

There are a few scenes that are genuinely unsettling and one fairly gnarly bit of gore, but don't go into this expecting to be really frightened.

All in all this was a great surprise - I went in expecting a fairly mediocre horror/thriller but it had just the right level of goofiness to elevate it into something solidly entertaining, without feeling like it was trying too hard. I found it very charming.

I will say, part of my reaction is probably because I watch a lot of horror movies. I'm not sure if people less accustomed to the genre would be as tickled by it as I was. Other reviews suggest a number of people found this movie quite scary, so your mileage may vary.

I liked a lot of things in this, the acting was quite good, there were some really decent moments, the story keeps you engaged.

The biggest problem thought was the ending, the first reveal was what i think 95% of people watching would have expected from the first 15 minutes of the movie, the last 'reveal' was just a bit odd.. I like the idea of it, but practically couldn't have happened, it's impossible. so seems like it was just thrown in at the last minute to keep people guessing.

I was after a christmas horror movie with a bit of cheese, and this ticked the boxes, if your after the same worth a watch

Don't really understand why this movie is so well liked and has such a good reputation. Guess it's because the movie is different and it really isn't just an average horror genre attempt. But different doesn't always necessarily mean good as well.

The movie starts off well and promising enough, when it's being still a more traditional type of modern horror movie. But then movie than soon decides to build more on its mystery and comical aspects, rather than its horror. This is when the movie suddenly becomes a just too silly and odd one.

Normally I see it as a good and positive thing when a movie doesn't take itself too serious but in this case it probably should had done so. And nothing wrong with some relieving humor in horror movies at times but this movie really overdid it. All of its comedy was obviously intentional but it took away a lot from what the movie had build up in its first half hour or so.

Because of this I was also never taken by any of the movie its horror aspects. There is no real sense of danger when everything is being taken as a joke and the main characters take all of the killings seemingly very lightly. Because the movie was a cheap one to make it also decided on being a very, very dark one to watch, in order to save money on its gore and other effects. I couldn't even really tell what was happening at times but somehow I don't feel like I missed out too much.

In the long run, this movie really doesn't make that much sense with its story, which becomes mostly apparent at the movie its ending. It just seems to be so that the movie wanted to have a surprise ending in it and didn't seemed to be concerned about it not really connecting with the rest of the movie. Some real lazy and cheap writing in my opinion. The entire movie is basically like this once you start thinking back about it.

Still can't really say that this is a bad movie, it at least tries to be different and original but I just can't exactly call this movie a great or successful one, at what it tries to achieve, either.

5/10

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