Wow, this was so painful to watch through. I did get my initial warning when I saw that people from Lost were working on this, but I still decided to give it a go. Plus, it had good rating here on IMDB.
I was right. It all starts out with a cool concept, some good old monster horror, and an intriguing mystery. But the further I watched, more characters made me feel like I'm watching something I've already seen. You've got your trope idiot kids. You've got your trope crazy guy. You've got your trope over-protective guy. You've got your trope senile guy. You've got your trope "You know I'm secretly mad and will get myself and so many other people killed" guy.
Eventually, the threat we're introduced at the start gets pretty much forgotten, as the true horror is the complete set of trope characters who are so one-dimensional that it gets painful to watch, and all we get is the hell created by these characters rather than explore the actual mystery and monsters.
I was right. It all starts out with a cool concept, some good old monster horror, and an intriguing mystery. But the further I watched, more characters made me feel like I'm watching something I've already seen. You've got your trope idiot kids. You've got your trope crazy guy. You've got your trope over-protective guy. You've got your trope senile guy. You've got your trope "You know I'm secretly mad and will get myself and so many other people killed" guy.
Eventually, the threat we're introduced at the start gets pretty much forgotten, as the true horror is the complete set of trope characters who are so one-dimensional that it gets painful to watch, and all we get is the hell created by these characters rather than explore the actual mystery and monsters.
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