I got this with a group of cheap DVDs, each less than $4, at a local grocery market in a bin where they dump used DVDs that their rental dept. no longer wants. The A grade and Hollywood used stuff goes for $8, and the lesser stuff for $4, but in that lesser group of B to Z movies, Dean Caine flicks, and old made for TV stuff is a gem every once in a while, and this was one. Having seen nearly every type of, if not every, horror film made, I am giving this a 9 because it is almost a "Citizen Kane" of low-budget, non-Hollywood, shot-on-video, with friends doing the work and not getting paid, films. In fact, it's a lot like a student film in that regard, but way less pretentious and stuffy. Definitely better and more interesting than The Wicker Man, often called the Citizen Kane of horror films (sidenote: I'd give that title to THEATRE OF BLOOD). It's spooky, its got good production values, it's humorous without being silly or dopey (unlike Troma's stuff). It has a small share of gore effects, just what the production could do well, and that's good because it makes up for that in some nice suspense and thrills. It's not really predictable, and keeps one completely interested in the goings on, and even leads us down one path to a solution but then takes a twist away suddenly. I'm sure those who have given low scores to this are disappointed with the lack of gross-out gore, and probably surprised by the humor and the twists near the end. Unfortunately, if you like gross-outs, then this isn't for you, but if you like something thoughtful in the slasher/horror genre (is that an oxymoron?), then you'll enjoy.
