Holes in the plot - who wants to count them?

58? I think you're being nice... lol
What a terrible film! There was nothing in it worth watching.

t'ain't no sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones

Read the book if you think the movie was so crappy lol. The production team ran out of money half way through so they had to wrap it up quickly making the movie not very good.

Doesn't there have be a "plot" for there to be plot holes?


Bad films are a crime against humanity.

There were a ton of plot holes in this movie, not to mention cliched' situations and a final that was unfortunately cribbed from hundreds of pyscho-killer movies where the beautiful protagonist is captured as a love slave by the deranged killer.

First off, Demo-chick is very acquainted with the career and legacy of this Malestrazza dude, yet she's never heard of the notorious details behind his last work, all the murders and his disappearance, and has to google them to learn about them while staying there?!

Also, it's her first demolition assignment, and she's given such a huge responsibility of deciding where to lay charges to bring down a building that's already been mentioned as withstanding an earthquake while everything else around was leveled? I don't care if she is just entering the family business, I think she'd be given a task that's a bit more uncomplicated to start with, like, oh maybe a parking garage or a slum tenement. If anything, she wouldn't be solely responsible and doing it all by herself.

And this Malestrazza dude has been kept prisoner by the Mom for 16 years? In his own building? And in that same circular room? Did I mention we're supposed to believe he's been a prisoner for 16 years? If he was held in that same room for all that time, there'd be more than that small mound of food cans piled in the corner laying about, not to mention a huge dung heap somewhre around buzzing with flies because I didn't notice a toilet anywhere down there.

And if this place had really been the infamous site of multiple murders supposedly committed by the world-famous architect Malestrazza, it's notoriety would attract a wee bit of interest by the media in the days leading up to it's demolition, dontcha think? It would never have been so forgotten about and ignored before it's destruction; there would have been newspeople swarming all over it to revisit the horrible details and "pick over the bones" one last lurid time before it's brought down.

I know this sounds like I hated the film, but actually I didn't. If anything it's more a feeling of disappointment that fuels my anger because I loved the set design of the film and the basic set-up of the plot; it's just that by the end of the film too many inconsistentcies and unbelievable actions and motivations of the characters became too hard to accept. I know it was based on a novel, and I have no idea what was either left out or added that may have aided the plausibility of the film, but it's obvious something got "lost in translation" because by the climax this film has overreached itself asked way too much suspension of disbelief from it's audience. Some films can overcome that detriment with a gripping, kick-ass finish that makes you overlook plot-holes prior to that point. Unfortunately, the worst thing about this film is it's silly ending and that just makes every mis-step in the plot leading up to it stand out embarrassingly even more.

Being generous, I give it a 5/10.



"That's a very, very heavy burtation!"

Not much worse than a lot of other horror movies. At least it had a somewhat original idea to begin with.
You need to watch more horror movies if you think this one is so bad.. it wasn't very good but i've seen worse.

I kept thinking: The lights go off every 6 minutes, huh? That should make some suspenseful scenes. Did happen very much, if at all. Also, if I'm by myself in a place that has limited light supply, I would buy a freaking flashlight & batteries at the store! They don't accept checks? Take time to drive an hour away (the nearest hotel was 50 miles away) and find one! Never mind the creepy stories, if you want to do your job right you need the correct equipment.

What made the police stop looking for bodies in the walls? They already found a bunch of them. Why'd they stop looking?

Also, this is NOT how a demolition company goes about bringing down a building.

I'm aware that it's just a movie. There's no need to remind me.