Good morning, House of Madness fear-fighters:
A few months back I did a write-up on the then upcoming "Fear", so if you'd like a synopsis and brief rundown, please check it out here.
Imagine taking a relatively unique concept, selling it to the masses as something terrifyingly great, and then executing said idea with the delicateness and grace of a rhinoceros in a phone booth (Younger readers, google 'phone booth'). Instead of a really cool flick designed to scare us to our cores with the premise of an invisible evil knowing each one of our deepest fears and then exploiting them, we get a bunch of unlikable dipshits that we can't wait to watch die. And I don't mean we can't wait because the kills are over-the-top and extraordinarily original either, I mean these characters are so annoying and useless, that the sooner they perish, the sooner this mess of a movie is over. From silly dialogue to people trying to act ten years below their age in cringing fashion, the entire film is a complete hodgepodge of different kinds of stupidity, and incessantly delivers complete drivel to our exasperated minds. One by one we're expected to have empathy for characters that excrete the likability of a pluvial day while you're on vacation in Cancun, and you're three miles from your hotel and nearest sanctuary. I really do hate being this harsh against a film, as I know to some people it's a project I'm sure they worked hard on, but sometimes hard work doesn't always equate to quality work; just ask David Hasselhoff.
My biggest fear walking away from this film is the possibility of a sequel, and I'm not sure anyone can prepare themselves for that kind of paralyzing terror.
Madness Meter: 3.1/10
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