Yesterday was dark, rainy, and just plain downright miserable, so I thought it would be a good day to rent some horror flicks and then play some SH2.
My wife and I got '13 Ghosts' and 'The House on Haunted Hill'. Both coincidentally produced by Robert Zemeckis for Dark Castle.
Neither movie was very scary I thought...
'13 Ghosts' had too much comedic relief, a really convoluted story, and not enough background on the particular ghosts, plus a happy ending... so I was disappointed. My wife on the other hand liked it... she said there were 'lots of mysteries'.
'House on Haunted Hill' had a better premise, and a much better atmosphere, but the ghosts only showed up on a couple of occasions, the whiny humans trapped in the house killed themselves off most of the time. Where were the ghosts while everyone was bickering?! I asked my wife what she thought, and she said 'It was shit'.
Then I played SH2. That was about four times as scary as both movies put together.
Now I'm really looking forward to three.