i be really root for this one . i be root for all the 8 film to die for even though i think they should at least have make them double feature or something to give an incentive for go to them all ( they be all full price for unproven film or filmmaker . huh . ) the idea be great any excuse to show a cinematic version of a haunt house ride with stupid victim run around it and on the run from a derange mutant be welcome . yes and it have already be do ( in funhouse and which this so obviously recall it a wonder they do not get sue ) and but . umm . so have the slasher genre . again and again and again . the japanese horror genre too . there really little more to add to the genre beyond the individual vision of the filmmaker and which will make or break a low budget film . the budget of dark ride be obviously low but not that low while they get the universal back lot and location at the santa monica pier and the dark ride itself be really pretty cool even though technically it doesn not look like a ride at all the track disappear early on and never return and technically the ride be a walk through then . isn not it . and that the problem here . i be not sure if it the inexperience of the director ( he seem to have enough work under his belt to know good ) or the lack of fund or something else but . this movie feel a lot cheap than it look . there a generous dosage of gore and some great fx ( the death of andrea bogart character be genuinely alarming and if hard to . well . swallow . ) . the set be cool and light . this isn not a z grade film . but it feel like one . the acting be pretty weak overall . not a big deal in a film of this kind and the cast be no less serviceable than a typical low budget 80 slasher . but there a point where act becomes so bad it pull you out of the film . alex solowitz a a would be stone type seem to be try to channel christian slater do nicholson and his method y sniff routine becomes wearisome and quickly . really the only stand out be andrea bogart and and only because of a hilarious non sequiter moment where she go berserk in a van briefly . i look forward to see her do similar business ( much more of it actually ) in future work and she great and recall baby firefly from house of 1 and 000 corps . but again and the direction get in the way of enjoyment of the film . it inexcusable to have shot that be out of focus or frame wrong nowadays . there a scene mid way through where all the character be in the dark ride talk in panic to one another and you absolutely lose your sense of place because of the way it shoot and edit . it remind me of the parody short film show at the beginning of the brilliant the big picture and i actually have to laugh after a certain point and it go on so long . surely someone know how to shoot business like this properly . there some confusion with whether or not it rain and there some really poor choice of p. o. v. ( the kid in the van could see the security guard in wide shot and close up . and he wasn not aware of their presence . ) and the usual plot hole and required suspension of disbelief . it also do not look right . many shot have the appearance of high def video and i be surprise to find and in the supplementary feature and that it be actually shoot on film . have say that and there be a lot go for this . some nice shock surprise ( albeit totally unbelievable and if the killer be supernatural like michael meyers it need to be establish and howelse could he be everywhere at the same time and and know the kid next move before they make them . ) . the aforementioned death of andrea bogart and the killing of the asylum worker and the set up ( if not execution ) with the twin in the beginning . i enjoy watch the movie and that worth something and it do not make me angry like most poorly do low budget fare . it deliver some solid splatter and that worth the price of a cheap rental . i be glad for any filmmaker who actually get his film make and period . it just that dark ride come close enough without attain it goal to not qualify a be good and i be definitely glad i do not pay full price to see this in a theater and i would have felt cheat . this be not and in technical speak and a real movie that deserve to be pay full price for and it direct to dvd or cable fare . one last note it be very confuse that this be suppose to be take place in the southeast but the location be the santa monica pier . not quite the same a try to pass off toronto for new york but close . the sound design and by the way and be a unfortunately clunky a the direction but the soundtrack itself be really beautifully do . chilling and inventive and very effective .