Hazard

The television show Scary Antics sets up people in order to teach them a lesson. Using the extreme prank format used by Punked and the like it has passed 3 series happily. Now is the turn of Jacob to be scared witless and shocked into reality.

His friends think he is an absolute idiot of the highest order. He believes that a ghost haunts the former office/ chemical lab/ burnt down building. His father worked there and so he knew of the scray goings on and it seems literally drilled into his sons head what was at play. So the set up is as follows, take him back to this space and let him be frightened silly before the big reveal. Nothing can go wrong...can it?

Oh dear sweet Jesus, this film is like the awful diatribe of bored and restless film makers who just want to make a bland film in a cash cow genre. It has very little worth noting and even less to write home about. The film uses conventions in a haphazard way. Slipping in shocks that have been done very much better before and dull bumps that are tired and extremely dry. The direction is to blame for this in many respects as it feels that Simon has taken the casual route and sleep via most of the production. I say this because I have seen Simon make other films and she has crafted far better. All Girls Weekend for example is a very good film that needs to be opened up more. Now mix this with the dire acting (bar Gema Calero and Aniela McGuinness who can and do ham it up.) of the bulk of the cast and you can see that she switched off. Even as a comedy it fails because it does balance properly. I am sorry to say this but it fails on many counts and the one thing it does of interest, camera and voyeurism is so lacklustre. The other thing worth noting here is that the film takes a copy+paste approach to how it is built. I say this because some critics have said the film is a hark back to the great slasher films but it isnt. The film steals a tired and dull series film, Halloween resurrection and then plays a little with form and style but it does it awfully.