once again and i have be dupe by seemingly intelligent review make seemingly intelligent comment about an obviously crappy movie . i actually put my shoe on and get in my car and burn expensive gasoline and drove to the near rental place after read say review and pay the requisite 4 dollar and change to rent this thing . i be tell you and this one not worth the minuscule kilo calorie spend on lift one index finger to switch channel on a tv remote . i even give it a few more minute after see all the tell tale sign of a pedigree dog pile . these present a clinical symptom of a director who be a. go senile or and b. be only marginally interested in the film he or she be obligate to create . i saw similar deterioration with john carpenter string of ridiculous caricature over the past number of year . here be a couple of scene a incriminate evidence . the priest be have a disturbing dream . supposedly a harbinger of nastiness to come since he seem hell bent on open the archaeological feature which house the demon . the dream be a goofy collage of disjointed image right out of the twilight zone stock footage . a tick clock careen through the dream scape blackness implying and what . and the unfathomable mystery of time . big deal . a disembodied head and paint in demon feature with convenience store quality halloween make up and flicker back and forth in a convulsive frenzy . every time i see this effect and a big fat rip off from jacob ladder and it piss me off . this and in itself and almost instantly discredit a film . the whole build up of the archaeological dig itself be laughable . everything be so obvious . so tired and over wrought . the only possible response be boredom . at one point in the dig and the priest comment on find the statue of angel surround a sarcophagus . theyre all point down toward the crypt with their weapon . he query look at these surround statue . it a if they be hold . something . down . this be suppose to build tension . critical mass . but it doesn not even come close . how can there be suspense if you treat the audience like a bunch of moron have to explain the suspense a you go along . the imagery be over do in the first place but the added comment only add insult to injury in my opinion . soon thereafter and the tomb be decorate with the remains of the soldier place there to guard the main atrium ( another shameless rip off of the keep and btw ) . who and for cry out loud and do the make up effect for this film . the blood actually have that pinkish quality one might see in 70 tromaville flick . at this point i become almost convince that they simply forget the make up and have to go to wal mart in the interest of time and money . dont listen to glow comment on this one . i will be keep a suspicious eye on schrader too . look like it might be time to hang up his glove . perhaps a close friend will offer a gentle admonition to quit while there still dignity in memory of film go by .