Have you ever watched the movie "Creep"? It's the one where Franke Portente becomes lost under the city of London with a homicidal maniac chasing after her. Did you like that movie? If so, then it's a good bet that you're going to enjoy the first hour or so of "Catacombs".
In "Catacombs" we have Shannyn Sossamon - an actress with less talent than Portente sadly - who arrives in Paris to stay with her sister (played by the pop star Pink no less) and her wacky French friends. Before she can get over her jet lag she is whisked away to a rave taking place in the catacombs beneath Paris. Whilst drinking with her sister's friends she learns the story of a Satanic cult which raised a child down in the catacombs, fed him raw meat, made him wear a goat mask and convinced him that he was the son of Satan. After she learns this, she becomes lost in the tunnels and guess who she runs into? What follows is around an hour of Shannyn running frantically around in the darkness searching for a way out whilst being chased by Mr. Goat Head. This pretty much sums up the majority of the movie and, to be fair, the catacombs themselves are quite interesting. As the burial site of several hundred corpses, it's certainly an eerie place and somewhere that you wouldn't want to get lost in. The direction is adequate although there was one moment where I was sure Shannyn almost ran into the cameraman.
And then we reach the ending. Oh my God. What a catastrophe.
I won't spoil the ending for you in case you still want to watch "Catacombs" but don't say that I didn't warn you. It's almost as though the writer couldn't think of an ending and asked his eight year old son for advice. It's a shame that the child didn't suggest aliens make an appearance or something along those lines because that would have been far more entertaining than what's actually in this movie.
If it wasn't for that ending, I would have probably awarded this movie a five. However, because of my revulsion for what the scriptwriter did I am forced to knock two points off and award it a three.
Oh dear.
In "Catacombs" we have Shannyn Sossamon - an actress with less talent than Portente sadly - who arrives in Paris to stay with her sister (played by the pop star Pink no less) and her wacky French friends. Before she can get over her jet lag she is whisked away to a rave taking place in the catacombs beneath Paris. Whilst drinking with her sister's friends she learns the story of a Satanic cult which raised a child down in the catacombs, fed him raw meat, made him wear a goat mask and convinced him that he was the son of Satan. After she learns this, she becomes lost in the tunnels and guess who she runs into? What follows is around an hour of Shannyn running frantically around in the darkness searching for a way out whilst being chased by Mr. Goat Head. This pretty much sums up the majority of the movie and, to be fair, the catacombs themselves are quite interesting. As the burial site of several hundred corpses, it's certainly an eerie place and somewhere that you wouldn't want to get lost in. The direction is adequate although there was one moment where I was sure Shannyn almost ran into the cameraman.
And then we reach the ending. Oh my God. What a catastrophe.
I won't spoil the ending for you in case you still want to watch "Catacombs" but don't say that I didn't warn you. It's almost as though the writer couldn't think of an ending and asked his eight year old son for advice. It's a shame that the child didn't suggest aliens make an appearance or something along those lines because that would have been far more entertaining than what's actually in this movie.
If it wasn't for that ending, I would have probably awarded this movie a five. However, because of my revulsion for what the scriptwriter did I am forced to knock two points off and award it a three.
Oh dear.