i have be a fan of horror for decade . i have appreciate some attempt by some newcomer to the genre . some fall flat on their face . others hit the ground run . some of the former have an excuse however . you can tell when production level be a hindrance to relay a well execute plan and if some of these film maker be to get their hand on decent resource i be pretty sure their final project would be much more enjoyable . with dark ride we have the unfortunate opposite and it leave me loathe the production for one simple fact . these people have the production value to create a very effective horror film and they spoil it with a script that pretty much suck from begin to end . most people call it cliché . there a fine line between cliché and stupidity . i read an early review that hit the nail on the head . not one of these character have any redeeming quality about them . if you can not make someone likable after 40 minute of character development . there a problem . it wasn not as much bad act a it be lame dialogue . at time i could almost sense the cast be embarrass with their line a they be deliver . thing be go so so up until the part where the character realize why they be at the park to begin with . at that point i start slightly cock my head like a confused puppy while watch . there be obviously a comparison to tobe hooper early 80 funhouse . funhouse give the audience the feeling that these people be really trap . i couldn not buy the character peril in dark ride since i know that the door keep them lock in be mere plywood and if even one of the girl put a boot to it and it would have disintegrate and that would have be the end . this be one of many problem that plague this movie . if their confinement be actually impregnable after the cast exhaust all option of get out and then the terror would have be present . imagine how house on haunt hill ( 1999 ) would have be if the lockdown door be cardboard and everyone panic and scramble to get out without try to bust through it . if i can end on a positive note it would be to say that the gore in the movie be very well do . we get lot of messy disembowelment and a nice head splitting and decapitation and more . the gorehound in me give prop to the special effect people . this be the first of the 8 movie to die for that i have watch . i be hop the others will be much well .