1/10
Good idea poorly executed
19 June 2003
This movie is said to have been cut to ribbons on the editing floor by the studio. If their intentions were to make a fast paced movie, they've succeeded. Unfortunately, in succeeding in making a fast paced movie, they forgot to make it any good.

The acting was only as good as the script, which was pretty bad. We get another kid who tries to talk like an adult (most notably in his wishes for the Tooth Fairy to just get him rather than running away forever), and the rest of the cast is forgettable at best.

Scares in this movie are nonexistant. There are quite a few attempted boo-scares, but none of them work and can generally be seen a mile away. General eeriness is attempted through atmosphere, yet doesn't quite work due to the extremely quick, choppy pacing of the film.

This movie is supposed to be 85 minutes, which it may be if you count the previews before it. The pace was quick, but it had to be to fit into such a small timeframe. The entire movie felt like 10 minutes, unfortunately I wasted much more time than that. The movie is predictable, the creature is annoying with its high pitched screams, and the characters are paper thin. They had a good premise, but the execution was poorly done.
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