The Crypt

I thought of maybe a 1 but then I thought about it. It's not entirely unwatchable. It's just not something I would spend money on. And thankfully I didn't. One obviously gratuitous frontal nudity scene probably made the cut because the actress figured it may get her more work. Weak script. Poor acting. Scenes that go on forever (how long do we have to watch somebody walking through a tunnel before we get the drift). It was a joy to watch with a couple guys between calls at the firehouse. A great movie for heckling. There are some very obvious continuity problems too. Which I always find amusing so that's good for a chuckle.

If you can't afford decent effects, at least have a decent script. If you can't have a decent script, have people who know how to act. If you can't have people who know how to act, you end up with The Crypt.

To say that this movie was uninspired would be a massive overstatement.

So poorly crafted and lacking in quality, that it's not even in the so-bad-it's-good category.

The movie starts with a stupid, over-acting, over-emoting, boggle-eyed grave robber doing his thing and paying the price. This is meant to be the hook that catches our interest, but all I felt was a sense of foreboding at how tedious the scene was.

Sadly, the movie went downhill from there. I'm not even going to waste time on further analysis.

Appalling. Don't waste 5 seconds on it.

What a film. Tried to be the next "Descent", but only made me want to cry. It was a confused mishmash of a story and even worse editing. First it was just a haunted crypt, then the undead appear ... and why exactly were people buried there in the first place? And the gang of thieves, they're very unbelievable characters. Like who in her right mind would go out on a 'job' while her younger brother lies dead in the back of a car? And the situation is so contrived, even their get-ups from the shirt and the shorts, down to the belt) are exactly the same! The film was directed by a certain Craig McMahon; the way it went it could easily have been directed by the late Ed McMahon ... it was so hilariously bad. Not even Sarah Oh's brief nude scene could save this film.

Sometimes you just got to stop up, take a breath and actually pay heed to the reviews about a movie and actually look at the ratings given to a movie on IMDb. Now, of course, that can't be generalized for every single movie, because likes and dislikes is a matter of individual preference. But for this particular movie, I wish I had actually taken notice of those.

The story is about a group of young people that venture into some crypt found beneath the city (that no one for some odd reason never went into or found) in search of the valuables stored here. As they lay their hands on the untold riches, it becomes clear that they are not alone in the crypts, and that the ancient dead will claim what is rightfully theirs at the cost of the living.

Initially, then the story did have some potential, but it was all wasted by horrendous direction and a lack of commitment from the actors and actresses. And given the dire peril that the people were in, they were all awfully calm, level-headed and most often little worried about their lives being at risk. No, it just all didn't come together for a greater unity, and as such, the movie was a disaster.

If there was anything holding the movie afloat, then it had to be the performance of Sandra Oh, although she could do very little to prevent this train wreck to slide downhill.

The death scenes were laughable and came off the screen as anything but scary or disturbing.

"The Crypt" is not worth sitting through for a whole hour and twenty-something odd minutes. The movie just trotted along in a very dull and monotone pace, never really picking up pace at any point. And to put the icing on the cake, then the ending was just a final slap in the face to anyone who actually managed to suffer through the entire movie (as I had the misfortune to do).

"The Crypt" should be left as crypts should be, sealed and left alone.

I watched this, because we get to see hundreds of movies for a very cheap price over here, almost for free, but if you really want to spend a few Dollars on this or rent the DVD, DON'T. It's just not worth it.

Watching a few talent-less girls crawl around in endless underground tunnels is awfully boring. The movie is not scary even a bit. The ghosts look totally ridiculous and make you want to hate all kinds of ghost stories. 1 hour and 22 minutes? Are you kidding me? The scenes were so repetitive that I felt like I'd been watching it for four hours. I was just waiting for it to come to an end, but no! Even when you do think it's over and you begin to cheer up, it starts all over again with the girl crawling back the same lousy tunnels we've seen at least a dozen times before!

Trust me, the only reasons I watched this were: It was late at night and I had nothing better to do and of course because it was almost a free watch! I give it 2 stars because I was fast asleep after watching this. YAWN.