In 7 words or less: Renée Zellweger stops people cooking a kid
What's it all About? Zellweger is a social worker who saves and adopts a troubled girl from some seriously sick parents. But wait! Hang on a minute Bridget. Are you sure this little girl's parents were kid cookin' nutbars? This child is giving me the willies! Carry on.
Best bits? It's chock full of jump scares, micro flashes, and creepy looking kid shots. These are all completely standard for a mid level, run of the mill studio horror and all have the desired effect. I was squinting through many scenes in anticipation for the big "JUMP!" bit. The scary kid does a good job of being a weird scary kid child. It's a big old box ticker.
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| "Hello, I am pure evil. Nice to meet you." |
Weird film for Zellweger to be in but quite enjoyed her in this. She looks a bit squashed though; her face.. I think she was struggling to shift the Bridget Jones face poundage during the filming.
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| I am Renée Zellweger |
Hornet scene is pretty cool. Goes on a bit though. Buzz buzz.... Bored now.
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| I'm vomming hornets!? |
Did it make you think thoughts? I'm bad at rating horror films. They're different to other genres. What makes a good horror film? Jumping all over the place and being a little bit freaked out? Then Case 39 was awesome! But hang on... It was crap. Confusing. Maybe if you're consistently scared all the way through but feel nothing when the credits roll and have no problem going to bed with the lights off it was a bad horror.
Would you watch it again? I seriously doubt it. Only truly great horror can be watched more than once, you might as well be sticking pins in your eyes otherwise.
Rating (out of 100%): I don't know. I'm positive that Case 39 was rubbish and utterly forgettable despite continually scaring me throughout. Hmmm, I think that deserves a tepid 50%
