Sensation, not sense, is the point of this exercise, and what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread.
As far as pronoun horrors go, They can't hold a candle to Them or It, but as an anti-tourism ad for Seattle, it's right up there with The Ring in terms of overcast, glistening panache.
They never generates any real fear until its last minutes, by which time it is too late to redeem the dull events that preceded them.
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The grad student and her boyfriend (Marc Blucas) are blandly written and the story never develops any psychological depth; the paranormal explanation for what's going on is equally slight.
20
VarietyScott Foundas
VarietyScott Foundas
They ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering from director Robert Harmon, whose debut film "The Hitcher" set a high bar for screen terror in the 1980s. Pic looks like a holiday gobbler.
10
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
L.A. WeeklyPaul Malcolm
The film stinks from start to finish, like a wet burlap sack of gloom.