A few thoughts: The first thing any classic horror movie needs is that one great character/performance that everyone can point to and remember. Nearly every major horror franchise has one, and this one is no different -- with the single exception being an emphasis on the quality of the performance and less on the character itself. The positives of this movie pretty much begin and end there. Terry O'Quinn gives one of my favorite film performances ever here, in a role that's so unsettling and absorbing it's hard to take your eyes off him. It's the rest of the movie that has difficulty keeping up, but avoiding the need for a twist ending and laying it all out from the beginning helps keep it from being a bore. I hate when movies feel the need to throw in obvious twists, but this one does away with that and this allows O'Quinn to give the best performance of his career as someone not held back by the clumsy direction of the plot. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I find it very engrossing.
Anyone who is a fan of Terry O'Quinn, of course, and people who want to see a slightly different kind of slasher movie more built around the characters than just blood.
My grade: B
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