This is quality horror. Great characters. Not quirky kind of great, real people in extraordinary circumstances kind of great. The actors are top notch. Tom Cavanagh stars as the man who’s life goes from perfection to hell instantly. He hits every note with perfection. A real man who’s fears become reality and endures with all the courage humanly possible.
I loved the film but felt it fell into some major traps. Writer Erik Jendresen and director Tony Krantz, as far as I can tell, are not horror people. They have worked in numerous genres. This is possibly why the strength of characters and fresh dialogue. No snappy horror one liners. However, I think they were afraid this scary movie wouldn’t get the horror moniker without some gratuitous sex and violence. That’s what horror is, right? Sex and violence with some startling moments thrown in? Yes. It is. But no, it doesn’t have to be to get to sit on the horror shelf at Blockbuster (or I guess, as you kids call it, list in the horror section of Netflix). it could have been about 15 minutes shorter, though. At some point, the ending becomes obvious and the scary scenes aren’t necessary. We’re following the characters on a journey so we don’t need the gore shots. I’m afraid that’s what the mistake was.
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