here in europe and dark ride be simply just another low keyed and cheesy horror movie that anonymously move to the low and most neglected shelf of video store and but in the state it apparently a little more popular because it be part of the eight film to die for cycle that play at the after dark horror festival . i be not exactly sure on which criteria the title of this festival be select and but originality definitely can not be one of them and a dark ride be hugely derivative of tobe hooper the funhouse as well a a dozen of other mundane 80 slasher . it an entertaining film that offer quite a lot of gory make up effect and nasty scenery and but the screenplay be absolute rubbish and doesn not contain anything you haven not see million of time before . i have to admit the opening sequence be awesomely atmospheric and creepy and even a slight bit controversial and because two child twin girl be slaughter and barbarically dissect on screen by a mad raving lunatic who hide himself in a theme park ride . these day it rather exceptional to see child and or or young teenager get kill in horror and so dark ride start promise to say the least . unfortunately the script then immediately revert to all the know and dreadful clichés of the genre and a a bunch of insufferable teenager decide to spend the night in the dark ride where the girl die more than 15 year ago . coincidentally and the maniac responsible escape from the asylum two week earlier and and he naturally will be wait for a fresh shipment of teenager to kill . the character be all annoy stereotype and you can even easily predict the order in which they will die . there the macho stud ( who have a huge mouth literally ) and the bimbo hitchhiker and the eloquent nerd and the likable chick who most likely to survive the ordeal . the killer name jonah be very colorless and uninteresting persona and he definitely lack the charisma to become a new legendary icon to follow up jason voorhees and michael myers . there an incredibly stupid and implausible plot twist in the middle of the film ( and another one near the end ) that make it simply impossible to reward dark ride with a positive rating . the theme park attraction itself be nicely sinister and horrific and with a lot of hidden death trap and morbid tableau . the murder be extremely gross and graphic and relentless and so undemanding horror fanatic overall have few thing to complain about . worth a look .