This awkward, nonsensical, frankly stupid film had but one saving grace, a respectable & dedicated cast. I've always wondered what it was like as an actor to get such a poorly written script & be obligated to do your best to give a solid & worthy performance in spite of it. Now I know. The characters in this film were somewhat interesting, but the backgrounds and exposition to explain them, especially the main character were so off base & illogical that it made the film nearly unwatchable.
What drove Joyce to insanity? Her husband's death? Codependency? Being forced to have an abortion against her will? Let's give these questions examination. If her husband's death led her to eventually being homicidal then it begs the question as to if he was the one stability in her life that initially kept her from these urges prior in her life. Having studied serial killers most of my life, her transition was irrational and non realistic. Codependency wouldn't lead to premeditated murder. The abortion she had would have been years prior, at least a decade and a half if not even longer ago. The killings of both her neighbor and Bob in a realistic setting would have been unplanned & in the third degree. It made absolutely no sense for it to be in the first degree & honestly it wouldn't have made sense to have been in the second degree either. The creation and development of the character was virtually nonexistent and what was given to us as an audience was so impractical and unfeasible that it hurts to try and make any sense of it.
I don't understand why drama, action, adventure, romance and even comedy are held to such a high standards but thrillers and horrors aren't. We expect Hemmingway's best work when the screenplay for a drama is submitted & anything less than GONE WITH THE WIND won't do. Yet when it comes to horror put a group of mentally challenged bonobos next to a computer and whatever turns out gets green lit into the garbage I just watched. Thank Gawd Lin Shaye is such a gifted performer & that this film had other decent actors. Without them, I'd have enjoyed my last root canal more.
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