It's no secret that Paris Hilton dies in this movie. It is a satisfying horror movie death.
That said, save yourself the $9 and find a still on the internet of her with a stake through her head. Or at least wait till this comes out on DVD, and watch it at a bad-horror fest with friends. Because if you plan on seeing this for entertainment value in a theatre, odds are you will be pretty disappointed.
The movie is, quite simply, not scary. Gory, sure, though if you want gore you can check out Tarantino and get a much better movie. It has moments that made me wince, but so did Oldboy, which is a beautiful and well-made film. It had a couple attractive people in it, but so do most commercial breaks. The characters are unconvincing (not uncommon for a B-movie, but uncommonly bad even for the genre) and make unconvincing decisions (seriously--why would you go into the creepy deserted wax museum at night? more to the point, why wouldn't you leave immediately?) that just barely push a sub-par plot along. The villains are pretty lame. We aren't even given a real explanation for them. Instead they pass off a few half-thought-out drafting ideas as their background.
I'm trying to think of redeeming qualities this movie has, but I'm telling you, it's hard. There are a couple killer-chases-victim scenes that are okay, but they're short and not terribly suspenseful, and the "creepy" plot twist that the movie aims for at the end falls completely flat.
My advice? Duck out and see Kingdom of Heaven, or Crash, or Hitchhiker's, or really anything else. You'll be better off.
That said, save yourself the $9 and find a still on the internet of her with a stake through her head. Or at least wait till this comes out on DVD, and watch it at a bad-horror fest with friends. Because if you plan on seeing this for entertainment value in a theatre, odds are you will be pretty disappointed.
The movie is, quite simply, not scary. Gory, sure, though if you want gore you can check out Tarantino and get a much better movie. It has moments that made me wince, but so did Oldboy, which is a beautiful and well-made film. It had a couple attractive people in it, but so do most commercial breaks. The characters are unconvincing (not uncommon for a B-movie, but uncommonly bad even for the genre) and make unconvincing decisions (seriously--why would you go into the creepy deserted wax museum at night? more to the point, why wouldn't you leave immediately?) that just barely push a sub-par plot along. The villains are pretty lame. We aren't even given a real explanation for them. Instead they pass off a few half-thought-out drafting ideas as their background.
I'm trying to think of redeeming qualities this movie has, but I'm telling you, it's hard. There are a couple killer-chases-victim scenes that are okay, but they're short and not terribly suspenseful, and the "creepy" plot twist that the movie aims for at the end falls completely flat.
My advice? Duck out and see Kingdom of Heaven, or Crash, or Hitchhiker's, or really anything else. You'll be better off.