Never understood why this movie gets such a bad rap. Sure, it's nothing groundbreaking in the Teen Scream arena, but it at least deserves to be higher up in the barrel. It's got spooky atmosphere, jump scares, a mystery to unravel, and even Lin Shaye! Come on! Overall it's an enjoyable, popcorn, watch-with-friends-in-a-dark-room kinda horror flick.
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If you're looking for a splatter fest that's light on plot and heavy on gratuitous violence, this movie might be for you.
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This could have been much better if they didn't put in so much of the generic "demon face" CGI that was all-the-rage in the early 2000's horror industry. You know the face: razor-sharp teeth, black-hole eyes, streaky pallid skin, growling hiss (see photo). There's an excessive amount of that in this movie. Really detracted from an otherwise creepy haunting premise.
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Excellent creature-feature on a lazy Sunday afternoon! I wish Sheriff Longmire would've lasted longer, though.
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I never watched this as a kid, so I don't have any nostalgic connection to it at all. That being said: it was hard to sit through the incredibly cheesy Hallmark-channel-level 80's heartfelt treacle that comprised a good 50% of the movie. Almost made me quit a couple times. But then there are some genuinely frightening scenes, like a little girl getting strangled to death by an invisible assailant. There was also a surprising amount of heavy content relating to race relations (was this a "kid's" movie?!). In the end, I made it through the whole thing, the guy I figured was the killer from the beginning turned out to be the killer, and I'll probably never watch this again.
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Too heavy-handed and slow, just not quite interesting. Wendigo "ghosts" didn't make sense within their own mythos, and the attempted Resident Evil-style ending flopped.
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