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Such a frustrating disappointment

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

*** spoiler alert *** but the movie is spoiled all by itself and really needs no help from me in that regard. Just the same, maybe I can save someone else the disappointment and time.There was plenty of potential with the movie and even with the limited cast I thought I would give it a shot anyway. What an incredible mistake that was. If you can buy into the whole blondes are dumb stereotype which I don't, then you can at least try to explain away the female character's behavior but she certainly has far more of a clue than the main male character who is painfully ignorant. You would have to work incredibly hard to be as dumb as he is and then the whole chopping off her finger thing as if that would stop the obvious blood transmitted... illness what seems to be hours after the injury occurred. Maybe it did maybe it didn't, I won't say but if it did that would certainly defy all logic being that blood circulates through the entire body 3 times per minute. I know I know, who am I to expect logic in a movie that is clearly fictitious in nature.

Contains spoilers: I absolutely hate it when I feel like I could have done a better job at writing and directing a movie. My first beef is that there's this random monster that is never really explained. It's just there randomly terrorizing people. I suppose we have to surmise that it's a vampire of sorts. Next, the female character chops of her freaking finger and takes it "like a man." Absolutely ridiculous. A man couldn't even take it like a man. Lol. Finally, the female was safe in a bright light, but decided turn them off to try to lure the monster I guess instead of remaining in the light until daybreak and getting the hell out of dodge. Nope. Apparently she wasn't that bright. Even if my logic wasn't applied, they could have found a better, less obviously stupid way of making her lose her well lit safety zone.

I'm making an account just to rate this movie. I don't get why this movie has such low ratings. It's really not that bad of a movie, and I think people should give it a chance.I'm going to spoil some stuff of the movie. Nothing important, but you've been warned.The story is pretty straightforward and nothing mind blowing. A couple who's road tripping through the country side has problems with their cars and they have to look for help. They end up in the house of some poor bastard who just awakened an old vampire, by removing the wooden stake that it had in its body.The vampire in this story resembles that of Nosferatu, at least in appearance. We have a bald, ancient looking creature that walks slowly yet has significant strength. Another curious thing, it's afraid of every source of light and not only the sun. I believe mentioning the nature of the creature is important because it ties with the setting and tone of the movie. This is not a classic horror/slasher movie with your big cast of teens who are gonna get laid and get picked up one at a time in stupid ways. This is a slow movie, with only two protagonists and almost no dialogue. The vampire doesn't run fast, or screams, or flies. It's just there, being a constant menace to our characters, looking for a chance to attack. Some people will complain and call it unrealistic but I like how, for once, we have competent characters. Even if their actions and decisions aren't right every time, they adapt and think logically and actually try to survive. A nice change of pace.Anyway, I could keep going but there's no point. This isn't a perfect movie. It has some flaws, some of the characters might have been TOO stoic and calm in some situations, and it might come as boring to some. But I think it's a good movie, different to most horror flicks, yet still being a "monster movie". Give it a chance, because you might just like it, like I did. Best than most of the garbage you find in the horror genre.

I don't normally write reviews on IMDb, but after watching this movie I felt compelled to just point out the unrealistic decision making of the characters. Warning Spoilers!OK the concept and the creature are good. It is a different kind of take on the vampire. It's all wraith like and any source of light not just the sun, hurts it. Cool idea! That's why I give this movie four stars.It goes to hell from there. First off who's house are they in? It seems likely that whoever owns the house is probably the one who staked the vamp and buried it in the field. I'm thinking this because of all the motion detector lights everywhere and the fact that the house is all lit up inside. It's not likely do be the house of the dude digging in the field because why in the hell would he leave all the lights in his house on as he goes out to work in the field? It doesn't bother me that the couple comes to the house to help the strange acting man. The house is still the best option for them to get help with their car. It does bother me that once the man attacks them and runs off instead of looking for a phone in the home, or just plain staying there because a man just attacked them and ran off into the dark, they decide to follow him outside and then try to go back to their car! Umm, hello someone just attacked you. Why not look for a phone and call the cops? Also, what is going back to their car going to do? It's still stuck! Once they've been attacked by the big vamp and are on the second floor with the light (by the way it takes them WAY to long to figure out that the creature is harmed by light)they don't assess the situation, look for more light sources (there were candles in the room next to the hallway they where in), and or arm themselves. I mean how hard is it to break off a table leg to use as a club?The lack of looking for more light sources is a constant problem in this movie. They find one light source and go, "ok this is all we need" Because the creature won't try and destroy it or anything! When the main character is in the barn and shuts off the lights, I assume it is to try and trap the vamp like she did with her boyfriend before. The problem is she shuts off the lamp and the STEPS AWAY FROM THE LIGHT SWITCH!!!! This makes no sense at all! Also there were two hanging lamps in this room. Even if the vamp took out the one lamp when he grabbed it she still could have turned on the light! WTF!?Finally, at the end she makes the torch and has a lantern and decides to go off on foot. In the next scene she has ditched the torch and just is using the lantern. Once again these characters don't seem to get that with a monster that is harmed by light more is better! When you see her leaving the barn the sun is clearly starting to rise. There is light on the horizon, but for some reason takes a really long time to come up. The character also chooses to walk through a dark fissure in the ground instead of staying on the open surface where she would be able to see everything around her. She does have light at this point after all!This movie had a lot of potential, but when characters do stuff that doesn't make sense over and over again it makes it tough for anyone to like it! In the end these character's actions were driven by the demands of the plot and not how a person would react to the situation.