NOT QUITE HOUSE OF WHACK!
By Leroy Douresseaux
May 10, 2005 - 17:17
Studios: Dark Castle Entertainment Production
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, and Robert Ri’chard
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Produced by: Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Susan Levin
Running Time: 113 minutes
Release Date: Friday, May 6, 2005
Rating: R
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Reasons you might like it:
· If you’re hung up on a hate for Paris Hilton, her character is brutally murdered in old school slasher film style
· This is an old school, retro 70’s-80’s slasher horror film – kids in the woods getting hacked by psychos that psychologically damaged as kids by crazy parents
· Chad Michael Murray is a rising star, and he takes off his shirt
· Occasionally funny, but not in that self-referential, ironic Scream way
Reasons you might not like it:
· Poorly developed characters that are barely ciphers; even the heroine barely registers a notice
· Lacks internal logic
· Paint-by-numbers plot, surprising for a surprisingly high-budgeted film
What did I think of it?
I found it to be a mildly entertaining horror flick that I would have rented even if I hadn’t bought a ticket to see it at the theatre. I don’t regret the time spent.
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