From the DVD cover it seems like a gruesome slaughter fest of a movie. But that is far from it, in fact I needed to sit through a very slow paced mundane amateur detective plot to get to those scenes. And even when it got to it, there really isn't any shock factor. The cover for the DVD case for this movie is false marketing. It has two guys with shot guns next to the female protagonist and they aren't even pivotal to the plot. The nerdy sidekick in the movie is with the protagonist most of the way through, helping her with her own investigation and crap. But I guess they didn't put him on the cover cause they wanted the movie to appear all badass. The build up is just plain dull and bored me to tears and the protagonist Elfie is just not very likable. And I personally didn't care what happened to her. A character that is brash and smug can be somewhat likable but that isn't the case here. The story is basically about a mysterious family moving into the neighborhood and that family looks like they came off the set of "Twilight". With a husband that acts like a vampire, to a Gothic wife, to a vampire wannabe son that is into shooting and hunting, and a daughter that dresses up like a doll and collects Japanese stuff. And when Elfie sees couple of oddity inside the mysterious family she decides to stick her nose in. And goes about it in a very amateur way. Nothing is entertaining, clever or thrilling about this movie. There are no twist and you can literally predict how everything is going to play out for the most part. And the climax is just plain dumb. In fact a lot of stuff in this flick and scenarios doesn't make much sense. It was just almost unbearable to sit through the build up and the climax isn't even worth it. There is better mystery thrillers so pass on this one. Not even worth the rent. The movie is about a hour and a half long but felt way longer when it came to the running time. Oh the sidekick reminded me of Elijah Wood and he was alright but as for the main protagonist not so much.
2/10
2/10