"A psychopath, by definition, is a person to feel sin" We are saying at the beginning of Crazy eights. Quote is set up pop psychology at the heart of the movie.
Jennifer, Lyle, Gina, Wayne, Brent and Beth are members of the group title, that friends since childhood. When Brax, another member of the group, died, the group has reunited for the funeral. In executing his last wishes, the group has led to an old barn where they find a small bone behind.
Unable to find their way through back roads, the group stops off in an abandoned orphanage. As if it is not enough fear, the team investigates and finds that they are all the orphanage before. As children, they are part of the behavior of some experiments.
Revelation is jarring enough, but it looks like they are not alone in the orphanage. Some ‘to’ - is by no means Samarra from The Ring ** ahem ** - is toying with them.
If all this sounds like your average J-terror redo blended with a small piece of Session 9 then to be right. There is not much to speak of the plot. Instead, the writers try to fill the time between ghostly set pieces in banter. The problem with film is that both the set pieces and banter fall flat. Director James K. Jones is a much better job in interpersonal relationships than he is creating anxiety or environment.
The biggest problem the movie is - despite the flat direction - is not really establishes a solid grounding to work from. We see some mystery set up early on: Who the missing members of the group? How did the little girl die? What went on when they were children?
None of them are really given a satisfactory answer. The connection is supposed to answer to themselves, and the audience is to indicate any answer they want. That would be fine with a little more information and better scares. As it is, the mystery only exist to set up a series of spooky scene.
All this leads to a pair of plot holes. Most importantly, how do all these people think they became friends when they are not remember if they meet? Their lack of history is difficult indentify with any of them outside the occasional quip.
The film is nearly saved by a smart cast. Sexy gals Dina Meyer (seen in the movie), Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice), and Traci Lords (erm … other stuff) is probably the biggest name, but you know too Frank Whaley ( "Check the big brain on Brett! "). Sadly, they will give it more truth than the movie it probably deserves.
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