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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 260132" data-attributes="member: 23">I didn&#039;t actively hate it, but I found all the characters unlikeable and could see the endless &quot;twists&quot; coming from a mile away. I also had trouble telling most of the actresses apart. With one or two exceptions it was just a sea of smart-talking bitchy brunette clones. And ditto the swathe of generic brunette men. At some point I just glazed over and didn&#039;t really care (which is perhaps a bigger sin than being bad enough to hate).It&#039;s possibly a victim of the era in which it&#039;s made. Slashers were expected to be cleverer and with post-modern twists, which not many writers can pull off. And by this point it had all been done.I suppose it&#039;s no worse than many other films of its genre and time. It has all the usual ingredients: the cheap jumps; the gory deaths, etc. If I was part of the demographic it&#039;s aimed at when I&#039;d first watched it (I&#039;m guessing 16-25 year olds) I may well view it fondly.I&#039;ve never seen the original, but I have it saved in Prime to watch at some point, along with a Rifftrax audio commentary version (if it warrants a commentary that pokes fun at it, I&#039;m assuming it&#039;s probably pretty bad).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 260132, member: 23"] I didn't actively hate it, but I found all the characters unlikeable and could see the endless "twists" coming from a mile away. I also had trouble telling most of the actresses apart. With one or two exceptions it was just a sea of smart-talking bitchy brunette clones. And ditto the swathe of generic brunette men. At some point I just glazed over and didn't really care (which is perhaps a bigger sin than being bad enough to hate). It's possibly a victim of the era in which it's made. Slashers were expected to be cleverer and with post-modern twists, which not many writers can pull off. And by this point it had all been done. I suppose it's no worse than many other films of its genre and time. It has all the usual ingredients: the cheap jumps; the gory deaths, etc. If I was part of the demographic it's aimed at when I'd first watched it (I'm guessing 16-25 year olds) I may well view it fondly. I've never seen the original, but I have it saved in Prime to watch at some point, along with a Rifftrax audio commentary version (if it warrants a commentary that pokes fun at it, I'm assuming it's probably pretty bad). [/QUOTE]

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