I'll keep this simple. If you enjoy "Real" Horror don't waste your money on this teen themed shock and gore run of the mill Hollywood slasher flick. I saw a preview at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival this weekend and was sorry I wasted both my time and money in doing so. A movie that has been made 3 times prior successfully would normally seem like a given but this movie like so many other American Hollywood horrors of today have forgotten what horror is. They cater to the mindless shock and gore effect that for some god forsaken reason draws our mindless youth to see it. The mere fact Paris Hilton is in this version should tell you something. It felt like I was watching a Halloween version of the OC which was sickening. So many inconsistencies and in all no real horror. I was able not only to predict every turn of events but every big bang or villain appearance meant to make you jump. I fear that we now mistake anticipation of someone jumping out from the shadows as being scared rather than the psychological aspect that really does. I have been a horror fan for over 20 years (longer than most of todays fans have been alive) and if you leave a horror movie and are not looking over your shoulder then it wasn't scary. I had the pleasure to see some horror during the festival from other countries such as "Premonition" from Japan, "Nightwatch" from Russia and "Shutter" from Tailand and I have to say unless American horror abandons this teen slasher premise and gets back to basics the rest of the world will pass us by....hell they already have.
Review of House of Wax
