ShowMeTheCredits I consider myself a horror fan, and to be honest, the most horrific thing about this film are the ratings and reviews given by some other very enthusiastic viewers here. To me, it was dreadfully long, and dreadfully incoherent.Consider this example scenario, which gives you an idea of the yawn-inducing pace this film has:Girl in car in dark woods at night, with the body of a murdered psychologist in the backseat, herself cuddled up in the driver's seat, can't get out, crazy murderer's been doing stuff around the car to freak her out.Suddenly, a car horn is heard (other people are making out in another car nearby):*Honk*Girl's thoughts as communicated through facial expressions, "What's that?"*Honk, honk*"Was that a horn?"*Honk, honk, honk*"Better get up!"*Honk, honk*"No wait, I think I heard something!"*Hooonk*"Was that a horn?"*Honk, honk*"Oh my God, a car?!?"*Honk, honk, honk*"I think I better get up"*Honk, honk*Gets up, "Maybe there's someone else in the forest?"*Hoooonk*"What WAS that?"*Honk, honk*"Is that a car?"*Honk, honk*"What's that?"*Hoooonk*"Oh my God, I'm so scared!"*Honk, honk, honk*"Is that a car?"*Honk, honk*"What was THAT?!"Every scene in this empty, empty movie goes on and on like this with inane and mind-numbing repetitiveness. The main character, Penny, is constantly crying or sobbing and completely incapable of doing anything on her own. The character build-up is only exactly enough to support the extremely simple storyline, providing absolutely no insight to the inner workings of any of the characters, except perhaps that by the end of the movie we know that the murderer likes meat on a stick and Penny likes apples. To be honest, if it weren't for the name of the movie, I'd have no clue what the name of the main character was. There's only just about enough story material in this movie to sustain the music video for your typical, two-and-a-half minute Beatles track.To illustrate the incoherence and sloppiness in script writing, consider this stupendously dumb scene, in which a guy actually stumbles upon Penny inside the car stuck between two trees. He flashes a light inside the car, on Penny and the dead psychologist, now in the backseat, and Penny begs for his help in getting her out and escape the attacker that killed "Orianna", the psychologist in the backseat.The easily-could-be savior walks around in front of the car, flashing his light here and there, scratching his head, before returning to the side window stating that he can't help, the car's stuck, he'll need to get some help.Now, as admirable and important as being a law-abiding citizen may be, I think we would all agree that no judge would send a guy to jail for picking up a stone from the ground and bashing in a window on an old BMW to save a girl from a psychopath killer who's already done away with a lady in the backseat. But maybe the "savior" is simply retarded or deaf.In either case, when Penny responds to his surprising statement with, "No, please don't, he's gonna kill me!", the dumbfounded guy startled gasps, "What!? Who?". Well, my dear friend, perhaps the same guy that she told you about just 20 seconds ago, the guy who left the corpse that you examined with your flashlight — the lady in the back, remember? You know, she said, "Please, please, he's out there somewhere, you have to help me", and then you said, "Wh-who? Who's out here?", then she said, "The attacker, he killed Orianna", and then you turned around, startled, making sure he was not behind you. Remember that? Maybe that's the guy she's talking about now, 20 seconds later.The wonderful charisma of Mimi Rogers and the impressive acting of an ever- sobbing Rachel Miner, considering the terrible wreck of a script, are the only positive things about this marvelously crappy 1-and-a-half hour time stealer.

soccer_mom2016 My daughter and I love the 8 movies to die for movies. The previews for this were very deceiving. I was completely bored from the first ten minutes on. I know these movies are hit and miss but truly don't waste any time watching this one. The writer had the right idea but took too long to convey it. It's very dull and drawn out. It loses the watchers attention from pretty much the very beginning. I was so very bored that I couldn't wait till the next murder or the end of the movie. Was actually hoping for the end. Not too mention that the movie just got stranger and stranger as it progressed and the characters weren't introduced properly and really didn't make much sense. It's 80's slasher movie meets bad acting.

imf_noc91 SPOILERS!!!!The Its a good movie, and acting is over the top for a B film, with the exception of a few minor characters. Some of the "Trying to be scary" parts are reminiscent of bad TV movies, but over all the story is good, overall original, and has pretty good acting.There is just one thing I honestly did not like about this movie, and its the last 5 seconds. They could have extended it by a minute and made it that much better. I hate how the girls hand starts movie and it ends with her screaming, sure they want it to be scary, but ending on that note is just an absolute drag, but since the rest of the movie is pretty good, I give it 7 stars.

lopcar1993 Penny Dreadful is not a great horror film, I've seen better. But what it is is an amazingly brilliant psychological thriller , Penny dreadful is a well made and well acted horror film that will satisfy any horror lovers urge for a good time. After surviving a horrible automobile accident that killed both her parents Penny Dearborn has an unstable and perpetual fear of cars, her therapists suggest that they confront her fear head on. So they take a road trip to cure Penny's fear, but it has dangerous and disastrous results when they pick up a psychotic hitchhiker. Penny Dreadful is a dark and gritty psychological thriller that takes you into the mind and soul of a frightened and traumatized young girl and her fight to say alive. This film explore three main themes, 1. terror and what it can do to you if you let it control you. 2: What certain events in your life can do to change who you are and what you are. 3: What the darkness of a quiet woods can do to turn your worst fears into a reality. Penny Dreadful is a psychological thriller that is right up there with the best and will continue to shock and scare you for a long time to come.