Cryacolic **1/2

Ok, I'm sure there must be worse ways to be stuck in the rain than in a mouldy-smelling cinema catching a tepid Thai horror flick. Actually I regretted it before I even stepped into the cinema hall. I had rationalised to myself that Casino Royale was great for catching with half-friends and colleagues as brainless action is never quite disagreeable with most people, and it was too sad to catch a romantic comedy alone, so since it was chilly and gloomy outside it would make the perfect setting for a spine-chilling horror flick. However as I caught the trailer for the dance romance Step Up moments before entering the gloom, I realised that a spot of heartwarming comedy and romance was just what I needed. Too late.

It wasn't boring throughout, and actually the climatic scene when the pretty aunt was attacked by the door was partially gripping. But in retrospect, it really just seemed like a low budget copy of Final Destination right down to the gaseous/vaporous appearances before the sudden deaths, only there weren't as many deaths (only 3 in total!) and too much creepy music that led to absolutely nothing. The movie poster was also downright misleading - there was no scene at all where an invisible hand gripped the baby.

Probably the most disturbing frame was the one of the autistic 20-year old whose face looked deformed, and the most disturbing scene was the one that showed him repeatedly smashing his head against the wall until it became a bloody mess while the doctor did nothing but watch candidly on the camera. Chilled? No. Cry? Yes, from the loss of my seven bucks.