An action-packed slog

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This film was terrible. The acting, the music, just everything about it was so lame. The actors sucked and the plot line sucked and the ending sucked. It was like a porn movie without the porn. Just lame plot lines,dialogue and acting. I do not recommend this movie to anyone. Me and my friend rented this movie from the RedBox (which I do not even know why RedBox would choose this awful movie for it's selections) and laughed the whole way through, simply because it was so stupid! This was a waste of $1.07 and I will tell everyone to not waste their time on this retarded excuse for a movie. The director must have been drunk while directing this film and picking the cast. The only good actress was the one who was left at the end, and she was only good enough to be on a cheap soap opera. Do not waste your time.

I rented this through the red box machines and thankfully it was a free rental..I haven't watched something this bad since Murder Set Pieces... To begin, the lighting and sounded was horrible. In and out, up and down..slow through the whole beginning, the horror didn't start until way later and when it did, it was very amateur. I hate mentioning people's acting abilities because I know its hard, but this was just not good..overly dramatic, poor dialogue and script..bad makeup for the attacks/deaths...cheesy blacked out windows that no one could escape through..that looked like they had black sheets on the outside of the windows... If your going to make a movie even low budget, it can look way better than this visually..and in every other imaginable way...don't bother with this one if you enjoy good quality horror flicks.

Despite the beautiful locations and the inarguable intensity of the first scene, despite the great make-up effects and the right approach on the monster, I found myself waiting (hoping) for the movie to end (or to begin) for most of the lenght of the film. I don't know if it is me, but I found the music really really annoying and unfit, thus making me really uncomfortable in the moments where the movie was supposed to be comfortable... I could almost guarantee absolute boredom for about most of half the film. First half is just... plain uninteresting, and when things finally happen to happen, it gets pretty better but in absolutely no way makes up for the indifference it creates... you're already bored of the characters, and you just don't care for them... (In fact, I found Michelle the only likable character, but maybe cause she gets not much screen in the first half and the pretty good acting). As I stated in the summary, it could have been good but the movie suffers from ,not many, but really bad choices.

Worth the video rental, I'm giving this one an 8. However, if the over dramatic screams were on purpose (copying the style of the Jason era films), then it would go up to a 9. It is low-budget, so I'm giving it grace. Besides, I've seen some awful big-budget and awful low-budget films. Think I've been in a few ;-)Costs were obviously minimized, but but why?...SPEND, when they weren't necessary. The story was told, the graphics looked real, except for Brenda's breasts, lol, etc. They stuck to budget and pulled it off.Casting: Would love to see Nicole Danielle in more films. If she can tap into what she did in the aftermath, she can shine and upstage many in more roles.Monique Barajas and Nicole Danielle (Michelle), along with Rocael Leiva (Juan) had the most believable acting. Vanessa Rice, was the typical girl next door style, and when everything became messy, I didn't feel for her. Nicole's character had little dimension in the beginning, at the downfall of her boyfriend, she came alive on screen even in her death scene she was believable. The rest, even Nicole (drunk, drugs, horny scenes) were bad acting. If the screams weren't purposely overdone, then well, no different than most films that are out on the big screen or video.Opening scene of the movie, I was worried it was going to be in sub-titles. It was poetic, like a great Poe piece all the way, until her death. Then, she was just frightening.The thing, I, of course, enjoyed was the special make-up fx. VERY WELL DONE!!!!!! Except, the final scene on Vanessa (Julie)'s boyfriend, looked like cut black tape. Wish Hostel would have came up with some better eye work.As hard as it is these days to actually scare someone in a low-budget or major, I did in this. On the big screen, I think it would have got a few more out of me. But, certainly better than wasting time on seeing Silent Hill at the theater.If it was on purpose, are the campy screams back in fashion? If they are, it could bring many shelved films, back to life. Amazing what you can find on the shelf at the video store. If it would have cost $ to release it in theaters. So, I recommend a big screen t.v. for this one, if available.