reznors_chick This movie wanted to be edge of your seat, and nerve wracking. I just wasn't feeling it. Through the whole thing you can't help but know that it's all been done before. You've seen it a million times. Within the first few scene's you will be able to predict the entire movie. It doesn't necessarily make it bad, as the movie is for sure watchable, it just takes away some of the appeal for me. Acting was good, and believable. The atmosphere was just blah. A little patchy fog here and there and a night sky just isn't enough to make it creepy, or scary. They very obviously tried to incorporate the soundtrack more than most modern movies do, which I could appreciate, but I also thought they took that in the wrong direction. Never at any point was I rooting for the main actress. I simply didn't care about her. Watch if you're bored. Or don't. You wont be missing anything.

view_and_review This movie had a strong finish which was sorely needed. Even with the strong finish it couldn't dig itself out of the tons of clichés it buried itself in.The movie was a very typical terrorizing movie (an innocent person is terrorized by some wack job killer). In this case it was a young woman and the wack jobs were four. They were a part of some demented cult in which they hunt and kill well off, pretty, thin (and apparently White) young women they call "Kristy".I've seen plenty of good movies in which a woman fights off or seeks revenge on her attackers (I Spit on Your Grave immediately comes to mind), this was not a good one. It followed the cliché terrorizing killer manuscript (i.e. superfluous deaths of non-essential characters because they are obviously weaker, several illogical decisions and the universe not operating like it normally does).Without going terribly deep into this movie I just want to rid the movie world of one cliché. This is not my top cliché but we have to start somewhere. Stop, cease, desist with the protective dog running off into the darkness barking only to become yelping and finally doggie corpse. How many brave and heroic dogs must lose their lives in this senseless manner? I demand an end to this blatant dislike and discrimination against protective dogs everywhere.

Kim Heniadis Before I start the review I want to say Haley Bennett, who played the lead, Justine, did a great job. You can feel the struggle she is facing between having to work her way through college, having a rich boyfriend who doesn't completely get it, and being a tired student. I see she's playing the lead in the upcoming movie The Girl on the Train. The book was very good, and I can see Haley playing the part wonderfully.Having spent some holidays alone at college over various vacations, this movie peaked my interest. Although this must be a very small college because she is the only student there. Makes for a good movie, but not very realistic. There are two security guards and another guy who's house is just on the outskirts of campus. The opening of the film begins with a young woman being chased down and killed. There's shaky camera work, and I was concerned that the rest of the movie would be like this, but thankfully it wasn't.You get a sense of the Kristy Cult and why they are killing. Kristys are women who are pretty, and pure, and have a good life. Although I'm not sure how they know they are pure, but we're just along for the ride. Kristy comes from Christ (although Kristy could be spelled Christy, but I guess that's too close to Christ and might confuse us??) And I think they are killing them because they don't like God. To me, this part could have been left out. But perhaps they thought people just killing because they are psycho would leave too many questions for the audience, so they needed a reason.After that beginning it turned amusing. There was a cheap shot made for the audience to jump, and the flickering lights were explained away well enough. Then we break out into a montage where Justine is dancing around the dorms Breakfast Club style. We also see that she is very athletic from the run she takes and the swimming she does. I will say, I would have been screwed if I was her, because she did a lot of running from the killers.Justine goes on a last minute run to the gas station before the guy at the security booth goes home for the night. At the station she meets a weird woman, Violet, with lip piercings and what looked like Meth teeth. There's a confrontation at the checkout that leaves Justine a bit shaken up.Getting back to campus, she warns Wayne, the security guard, to be on the lookout for the weirdo from town. And then the fun begins.The lights start flickering even more, and although Justine has an uneasy feeling, she takes her sweet time getting back to her room. When she gets back there, a video of the various girls that have been killed by the Kristy Cult is playing on her computer. Then her computer goes out and she can't get a signal. The door slowly starts to open, and we see Violet standing behind her.Cue the cat and mouse scenes, which I will say were pretty good. My biggest problem is when she goes into the kitchen (that she works at) and doesn't grab a knife, or even a frying pan. She does do a couple of other things to throw the killers off, so that was good. Then they're running all over campus, lots of tension building up, and I was yelling at the TV. I was getting really annoyed, mainly with the key issue. Justine needed a key to get into the doors, and it would have taken her a second, but it didn't seem like she locked any of the doors behind her. Even when the killers were not that close. Also at the beginning it seemed like a lot of the dorm doors were open. If everyone went home for the holidays, they would have all been locked. And if Justine had locked her door, there is a good chance it would have took the killers a lot longer to find her.The movie did redeem itself towards the end though. I enjoyed it, and they did bring the Kristy Cult full circle. If you enjoy cat and mouse thrillers, with a tough heroine, I would say you should watch this one.

philipmorrison-73118 I watched this movie on Netflix. The story is about a college girl who gets stuck on campus with only a few people around. A group of serial killers target her for the next kill to post on the Internet. I liked this movie for several reasons. The heroine of the story (Haley Bennett) is smart and acts that way. She uses a number of items to fight back; some of which are pretty ingenious. The murderous gang is led by a woman (Ashley Greene), who does a great job letting you know she is a psychopath. Lots of good, edge of the moment scenes that kept you interested. The acting was pretty good. The downside is that most of the other characters who die act stupid to get there. I didn't care for the lights going on and off in the hallway scenes (It didn't seem to add anything to the movie). And lastly, no campus is that deserted even on a holiday weekend. I do want to mention that they did an amazing job on Ashley Greene's make-up. You can hardly tell it is her.