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• the film employs every generic horror film trick in a hopeless attempt to generate some atmosphere

  by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]

• one of the most inept, inert, and resoundingly unwatchable "horror" movies of the past few years

  by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic ]

• mostly fails to get your pulse racing

  by Tim Knight [Reel ]

• horrible and pointless remake

  by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon ]

• brings nothing new to the table, and screws up a lot of the good stuff that's already been done before

  by Joshua Tyler [Cinema Blend ]

• a toothless remake

  by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]

• a stilted, inept mess in every other way

  by Walter Chaw [Film Freak Central ]

• a production that never comes close to realizing its potential to tweak the viewer's primal fears

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

• a claustrophobic thriller that delivers suspense for a little while, but runs out of creative steam at exactly the wrong time

  by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
• Reviewed by Roger Moore [The Dallas Morning News ]
• Reviewed by Ted Porter [The Trades ]
• Reviewed by Sean Clark [The Horror Channel ]
• Reviewed by Keith Breese [Filmcritic ]
• Reviewed by Frank Ochieng [MovieEye ]
• Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette ]
• Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
• Reviewed by Matt Pais [Chicago Tribune ]
• Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]
• Reviewed by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice ]
• Reviewed by Bill DeLapp [Syracuse New Times ]
• Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly ]
• Reviewed by [E! Online ]
• Reviewed by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter ]

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