Review – Horror 101

Hmmm. Looks to me like someone needs to go back and take Horror 098 – Remedial Horror. The guys who made this stinker seriously need to learn the importance of simple things like story, characters, effects and the like. At the very least, it might have been nice to have gotten something for my rental dollars besides a low-budget reheat of plots pilfered from the recent wave of teen-oriented slasher movies. They aren’t even stealing from the good ones; this one’s a heavy “borrow” from the Urban Legend sequel. The characters aren’t just bad, they’re so annoying that I started wishing for their swift and violent ends (a wish that went largely unfulfilled). Without at least a small modicum of gore or other visceral content, movies this bad don’t stand a chance. Add Bo Derek in a desperation walk-on, and the how-not-to list is complete. Class dismissed. See if desperate