Don’t Let the Dogs Out!
I honestly don’t understand why people cannot make a decent horror movie these days. The only thing closest to horror were the first Ring and Silent Hill, although the latter did not horrify me at all as I played the games to death (almost literally).
Simple. Replace zombies and makeup with dogs.
The formula is original, and, to be honest, I was excited about it. I mean – they are dogs for crying out loud! It must be unique. I should have given it a second thought when I said “They’re dogs for crying out loud!”. Because, frankly, they’re dogs.
Nothing scary about dogs. We know what they can do. They can rip you apart, and that’s it. Nothing scary really.
People like to be disturbed these days – like The Ring and Silent Hill did. It helps of course if the disturbance is around little girls with long black hair. If little girl ghosts are not available, then the unknown entity works well.
Dogs don’t work. It is that simple.
All the “scary” scenes are typical C-grade horror movie cliches. Even the soon-to-die character commented in the movie: “Why is the power switch always in the basement?”. Dark basement, some sound, and BAM, a dog strikes. How authentic.
To its credit, the music in the film had a good atmosphere, although it was also too typical – when the music reaches the climax, something happens. Original indeed.
Did I mention the dogs are rabid? Now THAT’S scary!
I would recommend this film on only one occasion: You are a sadistic dog hater. Some dogs get impaled, shot by a bow (don’t ask) and beaten by a club.
Or, if you’re going on a trip and you want to scare the shit out of your infants so that they don’t crawl outside the house, you can rent it, but by then your kids would probably be playing with Chucky.