Reviews

This film spawned a lame sequel (Which had an amazingly eerie opening scene in the cornfield! yikes!). but then went downhill from that once the bus load of moronic and extremely juvenile teenagers was introduced. Anyway, this first installment introduced us to the Creeper, who "Just Is"..I love that! No long drawn out history of a madman, that sort of thing. He's just here, he's hungry and you better watch your butts! Suspenseful in all the right places, a little slow in the middle, but seriously what movie isn't? And of course the climactic ending where the showdown takes place. I was soooooo glad to have the hero lose in the end...it's about freakin' time! That made it way more believable. In real life (suspend rational thought here), you and I would not stand half a chance, seriously. I'm so glad these average joes didn't either. It makes it easier for us to relate to the characters, thus making us really affected by the movie and what happens. I am so tired of the Hollywood endings. This movie was awesome. On a sequel note.....the Creeper is said to have always existed. Well as I stated earlier, I think they went the wrong direction with the lame sequel. They need to do some pre-quel sequels, ya know? Give us some more unknowing small town folks or go back farther in time and let's see how less "informed" people would deal with the Creeper. I dunno.....I am a fan of anything original, and frankly I was getting tired of the cookie cutter villains and the blueprint story lines, only the naked chicks and bad-guys masks have been changed, ya see what I'm saying? peace.

Simply - 2 things. Number 1. This movie campaigned as a thriller, it could not have been more s..l..o..w paced. Sure, it shows the "real" side of people in such a desperate situation, but what a downer! Which brings me to Number 2. It says it is "based on true events"...What events? The couple in question DON'T SURVIVE! In real life, the only thing EVER found was their camera. The only event that we know 100 percent and for sure is that they were left behind. That's it folks! We have no idea what they were doing when they were diving, we have no idea what they did while they were at sea. And, we have NO idea how they died, or how long they were out drifting....So, how can they even assume? It just irritated me....and on a final note....they portrayed the couple as SO in love and especially the woman NEEDING the man soo much, yet she easily lets him go at the end? I was disheartened and confused by the poor and unexciting version of this story. The WHOLE thing was made up, so if you are gonna go that route, then why not make it exciting, eh? Bummer.