I'm giving it a 4, because I don't mind the first half. But that's all I have ever ended up watching. Once the 2 mutant babies show up, I'm out. Probably the only thing I have ever seen in a movie as jarringly annoying as Jar Jar Binks.
But with that said, there was potential.
If Aykroyd had kept the general premise - 'city folks stuck in the nightmare of a rural county and a menacing judge, lost in time' - but instead made it a serious scary picture, it could have been really good.
He basically pigeonholed himself, by trying to shoehorn a comedy into the concept; based upon what he was used to doing.
Even with what he ended up doing, he could have made it better.
Candy in drag as the sister was a horrible choice.
The hot dog train was a horrible choice.
Obviously, the mutant babies were a horrible choice.
It's like someone needed to tell him, "there's a difference between silly and stupid. Silly is watchable. Stupid is not."
But with that said, there was potential.
If Aykroyd had kept the general premise - 'city folks stuck in the nightmare of a rural county and a menacing judge, lost in time' - but instead made it a serious scary picture, it could have been really good.
He basically pigeonholed himself, by trying to shoehorn a comedy into the concept; based upon what he was used to doing.
Even with what he ended up doing, he could have made it better.
Candy in drag as the sister was a horrible choice.
The hot dog train was a horrible choice.
Obviously, the mutant babies were a horrible choice.
It's like someone needed to tell him, "there's a difference between silly and stupid. Silly is watchable. Stupid is not."