Pretty middle-of-the-road horror movie. It could probably be better on the writing front because characters do things that don't make sense but are necessary for the plot to happen, which is traditional lazy horror writing. I prefer my characters to make the best decisions they can while facing great obstacles, but a character can only be as smart as the writer, so I guess we have some dumb writers on our hands here. The acting actually isn't bad. A couple characters are pretty bland, but nerd girl, discount-chubby-kid-from-Spider-Man, robber guy, and bus driver guy did pretty well. I was confused by the creature's power level because the attacks were sometimes deadly, but sometimes you could walk it off, which is something a bad writer would write. The movie was also very dark, visually speaking. I'm sure the effects budget was low, but I still have no idea what the creature actually looked like besides a couple dark shots of a mouth with fangs. Not a bad production, but hamstrung by sub-par writing. 4-6 stars is fair.
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