See No Evil (2006)

Director:

Gregory Dark

Writer (WGA):

Dan Madigan (written by)

Release Date:

19 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Eight Teens, One Weekend, One Serial Killer.

Plot:

A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Jacobs) has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain -- a group that includes the cop who put a bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago -- band together to survive against the brutal killer. |

Plot Keywords:

Profanity | Crushed Head | Mother Son Relationship | Religion | Matricide

US TV Schedule:

Sat. May 17	1:00 AM	SHOW
Wed. May 21	11:30 PM	SHOW
Tue. May 27	3:45 AM	SHOW

Cast

Glen Jacobs	...	Jacob Goodnight (as Kane)
Christina Vidal	...	Christine
Michael J. Pagan	...	Tye
Samantha Noble	...	Kira
Steven Vidler	...	Williams
Cecily Polson	...	Margaret
Luke Pegler	...	Michael
Rachael Taylor	...	Zoe
Penny McNamee	...	Melissa
Craig Horner	...	Richie
Mikhael Wilder	...	Russell
Tiffany Lamb	...	Hannah
Sam Cotton	...	Young Jacob
Cory Robinson	...	Blaine
Zoe Ventoura	...	Eyeless Women

Also Known As:

Eye Scream Man (USA) (working title)
Goodnight (USA) (working title)
The Goodnight Man (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong gruesome violence and gore throughout, language, sexual content and some drug use.

Runtime:

84 min | Philippines:82 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA (2008) | Mexico:C | Portugal:M/18 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | USA:R | Australia:MA | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 | Italy:VM14 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Peru:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (cut) | Singapore:M18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Queensland, Australia

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

The tagline "This summer, evil gets Raw" refers to the WWE wrestling show Glen Jacobs (Kane) appears on, _"WWE Monday Night RAW" (2005)_ .

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: In one of the penthouses where the teens have joined to smoke pot, upon the lighting of the second joint, the camera zooms out to show all four teens and a very visible boom mike. A few moment later, it's shown again.

Quotes:

Margaret: Why is this whore still alive?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "WWF Smackdown!: (2006-06-09)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Army of One

A decent by-the-numbers slasher film

Eight teen convicts are brought to the abandoned Blackwell Hotel to clean it out as community service. They soon discover that it's the residence of a hulking psychopath (Kane) who has a thing for pulling out and collecting eyeballs. It doesn't help that the guard watching over them (Steven Vidler) has had a previous run-in with the beast four years earlier.

A guilty pleasure of mine are slasher films. Most of them are poorly directed and acted but they still hold some appeal and entertainment value. See No Evil is a good example of this. It features atrocious writing and acting but the death scenes are pretty good and the movie proves to be entertaining. The premise sounds like a mixture between Friday the 13th, Saw 2 and Halloween: Resurrection. I really liked the idea but it didn't work out too well. It was really just a bunch of clichés and everything was predictable. Screenwriter Dan Madigan just focused on the death scenes and nothing else apparently. The death scenes themselves are pretty good and gruesome. Director Gregory Dark did a good job with them and he came up with some creative kills.

The acting is pretty bland and unremarkable. This is because all of the characters are one dimensional and we don't know much about them. It was hard to feel for these people because they were pretty unlikable. Kane is surprisingly mediocre. I was expecting his on screen presence to be scarier but he didn't do that good of a job. A second rate Jason Voorhees, if you will. The rest of the actors are relatively unknown and this film will probably neither help nor hurt their careers.

While the death scenes are gory, they aren't necessary scary. There's really no suspense just some gory death scenes. Because of this, the movie doesn't hold much of a repeat value. Also, if you don't like slasher films then don't waste your time with this one. It will do little to change your opinion. In the end, See No Evil is a decent slasher film but it is generic and forgettable so it's not exactly worth watching. Rating 6/10