It seems fitting to review a film like "They" so soon after reviewing a film like "The Covenant". Both are PG-13 horror films. Both are about as dumb as rocks. But, unlike "The Covenant", "They" never realizes just how dumb it truly is. Rather, it tries to convince us that it is the scariest film of all-time, but it would be lucky to even be called the scariest film of the day. Packed with uninspired "boo" scares and lots of things that go bump in the night, this film seems to be running on empty right from the starting line, offering only a mish-mash of themes, scenes, and ideas that have been done before and done better by earlier films. I learned from the IMDb that, though only one screenwriter is credited (Brendan Hood), all of his ideas were thrown out by the studio and no less than ten writers assembled the dodgy script that was then turned into this film. It's funny, but not surprising that none of them could come up with a good idea and yet it was Hood who was unwillingly thrown under the bus. Come on, guys. Give credit where credit is due; that way we, at least, know who to blame when the outcome is as bad as "They".
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