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Surprised at the low rating and hate for this movie

posted 10 years ago by CaliManDan35
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Just caught this on Netflix last night and I was surprised at how much I liked it. I saw the very low rating (5.0) on IMDB and was going to pass on it but I decided to watch the trailer. I liked the trailer enough to give the movie a shot and ended up giving it an 8/10 at the end.

I'm surprised at how low the score is on IMDB and how a lot of people are saying it's dumb. I understand everyone has their own opinions but it blows me away that so many people hated it. I didn't see what was wrong with it.

I had a lot of fun watching them travel to different haunted houses across Texas. It was fun to see the haunted houses set up and all of the different characters and I really enjoyed it. I thought the movie took a step backward once the first guy got killed in the alley but I found myself wondering if this was going to be some elaborate "scare" or if they were really going to die during their bus ride into the country. I was hoping it would turn into some huge scare and it would be revealed in the end but either way, still thought it was a pretty good horror movie.

[–] shoegal998 10 years ago

5/10 is not really a low rating. Especially not for an indie horror movie. That's actually pretty high. The rating was the reason I watched this movie in the first place. I personally didn't care for it and gave it a 4/10. I just wasn't impressed.

[–] girldonutz 10 years ago

I,too,gave it an 8. I found it frightening & original. The ending took me by surprise as well. I love the "found footage" genre & glad Netflix finally had something new to watch this month. I hope others that see it will rate it higher. I find that people who rate horror movies,that are this unique & well-acted,such low scores are too snooty to appreciate what they just saw. Go watch The Notebook again.

[–] mrstevo75 10 years ago

I gave it a 3 and I love horror. I just found it to be tedious boring filmmaking.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 10 years ago

My thoughts exactly, I'm surprised anyone can give this an 8, which is a pretty damn good score around here. The difference between 'boring home vacation video' and the first hour of the movie was almost nothing. There were no scares or even a hunt of anything happening, it was literally people in an RV having inane conversations. We gave up it was so bad. I may try to finish it at some point down the road, but I'd have to drink about ten energy drinks first just to stay awake...

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[–] cactuschris-790-513791 10 years ago

well the amunt of times you said the movie was FUN, I dont blame people for giving it a low rating, it should of SCARY not FUN.

[–] CaliManDan35 10 years ago

I have fun watching any horror movie even when it's scary. So your point is moot.

[–] northernlad 9 years ago

I gave it an 8 as well. It genuinely creeped me out. I always enjoy going to haunts like the ones in the movie and thought this was a new perspective on them and what could happen when they go very...very wrong.

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