Some friends head for a weekend at a
cabin in the woods, and wouldn’t you know things go bad. Evil
spirits haunt and posse
the group and things kind of down hill from there.
This thing is creepy, at the moment,
the creepiest thing I have seen. Though I have just gotten into
horror and gore flicks this is definitely my new benchmark. Both the
atmosphere and gore are top-notch. The final scare is -really- bogus
but the transition to the credits made me giggle. Which is good
because for a movie that is praised for being equally humorous as it
is thrilling I didn't really see that. It did make me laugh a few
times, just not as much as I thought I was going to. If the 'dark
humor' is meant to be in the acting and the over the top effects
those are things that are a necessity for the kind of film it is, not
something that it should be praised for having. When I hear
Horror/Humor I think of Friday the 13th part 6, where the
laughs are very much your face. Maybe the laughs are else where and
the subtlety was lost on my for my first viewing. I was also let down
by, Ash Williams who isn't as fantastic as a hero as his reputation
lets on. Then again this is the first of 3 and I am positive that
this will change however as for this movie, he's kind of lame.
But all that is nit-picky in the grand
scheme of things, and none of that really takes away from the
suspenseful blood soaked masterpiece this ting is. The best practical
effects from 30 years ago will always date better than the best CG
effects from 10 years ago. It really is a must see for anyone
interested in the genre.
Rating 4/5
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