okay and by now we all know that the whole horrorfest 8 film to die for thing be a shameless ploy . they try to get people to pay to see movie that and in their word and be too terrify for normal audience . the sad truth be that they be all mediocre horror film that couldn not find distribution and weren not nearly good enough to release on a wide scale . apparently and some people do go to see them and money be make and the gimmick be fun for the horror fanatic . long live william castle . but that be then . now that theyre on dvd and we can all rate and review them for what they be . i have just finish watch one of the eight and dark ride and and i have to say that i be astonish and amaze that this movie receive any kind of release but not for the reason you might think . i do not mind the dumb plot and the wretched acting and the stupidity of the character and the retarded end . i expect all of those thing when watch a movie like this . it part of the fun . my amazement come from watch this and realize very quickly that the people who make it have absolutely no idea how to shoot a movie . from a technical standpoint and it an abomination . if you do not believe me and watch it and try to keep track of how many time shot go out of focus because the cameraman ( or the director and who can say ) have no idea what he do . watch the scene at the gas station and count how many time the camera or the shadow of the camera creep into the shot . i lose count . at one point and a jamie lynn character be wander through the ride and she fall down . and the camera completely miss it . here some advice for the director represent if youre go to make a movie and hire someone who can pull off the shot you want ( by the way and mr. singer and you weren not fool anyone with that awful cut you try to pull off for the shot of the van headlight ) . most low budget horror movie come off a amateurish but shoddy and careless film make like this be inexcusable . look and i know that there be thing that director do to save time when shoot a low budget film . one of them be to set the camera up in one spot and capture all of the action from one angle and zooming in to each actor so you can capture all of the coverage without a bunch of different set ups . the dorm room scene in the beginning be a prime example of this ( notice that we only see one side of the room ) and so be the gas station scene ( once they have the camera on the dolly and they obviously do not have the time to do another set up so everything in the parking lot be shoot from the left ) . why would this bother me and you ask . because when a film get any kind of theatrical release ( even if it only a week ) and the distributor ( especially a distributor as big a lion gate ) ask people to pay $ 9 . 00 to see it and i expect that film to adhere to a certain amount of professionalism . call this a professional film be like call adolf hitler a sweetiepie . it just ain not true . just a couple of thing on the dvd that i think be hilarious . if you look on the back of the dvd box and you will notice that the word attraction be spell wrong ( talk about inexcusable and amateurish ) and just try not to laugh when and in the special feature and one of the writer ( the one with the man boob ) admit that it take him four month ( . ) to write the script . oh and and i have be around long enough to realize that most of the great review this movie have receive on this site ( a classic . a thrill ride . awesome . old school horror at it ( sic ) fine . ) be all from people involve with the film or friend and family of the filmmaker . guy and that be get so old . it doesn not fool anybody anymore .