Well, as I said many, many times before, I love horror in absolutely all its forms. Rating them is always based on a few pointers I take in consideration: the year, because those made in the 70s and early 80s are simply incredible and original, the budget, if it's low, like Halloween or big like today's horrors, the star power, the execution, the self awareness, the humor, kill shots, nudity, graphic, sequel status and so on.
Here is what I have to say about this Splinter: it's as dull as watching paint dry. Now I've come across this expression a few times regarding some movies, but never did I fully relate to the situation. Yet, for the first time ever, and after 2 beers, I can say that this is understandable, I've seen paint dry, for a few seconds of course, and when it was my work, I actually felt pride in that short period of time.
I did not feel anything watching Splinter tho. It is not my work of course, but even if it was, I could only declare this...a first step. The absolute first step in movie making.
Horror does offer you the opportunity of making a movie that doesn't recall a big budget, but you have to come up with something better than this. It was not horror, not psychological, no major twist here, just a plain ol' idea that was used 1000 times before. In this one, you can see the big twist coming from a mile away, and even tho the movie is 75 minutes long, I swear I wanted it to end even faster. It's just not worth it sadly, no redeeming elements whatsoever.
Cheers!
