Review of The Roost (2005) by Brett A — 10 Nov 2009
We can't stop here, this is bat country! Oh, and the bats turn people into zombies. It's a perfectly serviceable horror concept that never really goes anywhere. We never really get a feel for any of the characters, barring one scene of exposition where we're told one guy is kind of a whiny jerk, and another guy's sister has been upset ever since he moved out of the house.
..and that's about it. Not helping matters are the slow pacing, the lack of any real scares, and the fact that the film looks like it was shot in the late '70s, despite the 2005 release date. And the film is book-ended by this parody(?) of a late night TV horror show, that the director makes the bizarre choice of actually trying to tie into the movie later on.
Suffice it to say, this doesn't work; in fact, not much in "The Roost" does. It wasn't terrible, just rather dull and uninvolving.
This review of The Roost (2005) was written by Brett A on 10 Nov 2009.
The Roost has generally received mixed reviews.
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