Review of Dread

Dread (2009)
3/10
Dread? Yes, I dread the possibility of watching this again....
11 December 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Jackson Rathbone may be in the starring role and does it fairly well, but I actually watched this because of the actor Shaun Evans who was brilliant in Martina Cole's "The Take".

Anyway, good news first, there are some very good camera shots/angles used like the following the axe upstairs, I thought really gave these scenes an edge and for maybe the first half hour I was a bit tense expecting a slow build up and raucous end.

But no.

Nothing really happened in the film at all, the best parts are the ones with either flashbacks of Quaid's horror filled night or the present views into his madness, with the strip club being a good point!

For a film centered around fear, where was it? Stephens brother died in a car crash while drunk...so Quaid buys the same type car, drives Stephen and then takes a sip of whatever to scare him? Makes no sense...

Cheryl's Dad stank of meat but would she really be scared of meat? And Abbeys video wasn't about fear, more humiliation for her birthmark.

I could go on but I'll finish by saying save yourself 1.5 hours and watch something with substance.
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