Just returned from watching this film, so it's very fresh in my mind (unfortunately).
Never have I been in such a packed cinema watching a so called 'horror' film, where there has been absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever. It's like the film sucked the Life out of every single person. Even during the so called jump scares no one moved an inch. Such a bizarre experience.
The problem was always going to be 'can you make a cuddly toy scary' and the answer is a resounding NO. Combine that with a paper thin back story, throw in a whinging brat and some terrible older actors and you end up with this mess of a film.
The dialogue was really weak and unclear. For the whole first half of the film I thought they were calling the bear 'Jonty', but it turns out to be 'chauncy' or something along those lines. Ironically, it's not until the Spanish actress playing the psychiatrist says his name halfway in that I actually realised what they were saying.
BTW, Special mention goes to the old woman in the film, who's hammy acting made me laugh like I've not done for years. She gets the full 1 star from me.
Never have I been in such a packed cinema watching a so called 'horror' film, where there has been absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever. It's like the film sucked the Life out of every single person. Even during the so called jump scares no one moved an inch. Such a bizarre experience.
The problem was always going to be 'can you make a cuddly toy scary' and the answer is a resounding NO. Combine that with a paper thin back story, throw in a whinging brat and some terrible older actors and you end up with this mess of a film.
The dialogue was really weak and unclear. For the whole first half of the film I thought they were calling the bear 'Jonty', but it turns out to be 'chauncy' or something along those lines. Ironically, it's not until the Spanish actress playing the psychiatrist says his name halfway in that I actually realised what they were saying.
BTW, Special mention goes to the old woman in the film, who's hammy acting made me laugh like I've not done for years. She gets the full 1 star from me.