In addition to being a blatant rip-off of a young adult novel called (I think) HOUSE OF STAIRS, this film is rather despicable in its own right. Plus it's slow enough in execution to really telegraph its supposed "surprises." (SPOILER AHEAD!) Did anyone really think that "Joey" was dead? My rented copy of this flick came from the Netflix people, who tried to present it as another "massacre the teens" effort rather than the "dark comedy/satire/sociological examination" that it struggles to be. Had it been even a tired impression of one of the "Freddy" entries, I believe I could have given it one more star than I was able to dig up for this disappointing bit of self-indulgence. Sometimes there are legitimate reasons for certain films being difficult to find. Steve.
