Danny St. Claire is a park ranger who spends most of her time alone with her trusted old friend, that is a bottle of vodka. She has issues to deal with, having recently just been in an accident where her best friend got killed, that she feel she's responsible for. Her boyfriend Justin, who's also a ranger, comes to see her and to help her deal with her problems. It seems to work at first, but soon they get other things to focus on when apparently some kind of beast is loose in the woods. Shortly after, two campers turn up dead, and Danny's boyfriend is next to go. She then runs into some Native American Professor, who explains what they're dealing with. And what they're dealing with is apparently some old creature, awaken from its slumber. Will they be able to stop it before it kills even more people?
Yikes, It Waits turned out to be the snooze-fest of the year, and even managed to give me a slight headache, and wasted my precious time among other things. I kinda figured right from the start that it was gonna suck, so basically I watched it only for two reasons; 1. Cerina Vincent is hot. 2. The monster might look cool. Well, take my word for it: Even if Cerina Vincent is good-looking, watching It Waits is so not worth the time, and the monster looked like a lame and cheap version of The Creeper.
Throughout the whole movie, I found myself struggling really hard not to fall asleep. If this was the intention with the movie, that is to make people fall asleep, then I have to congratulate them, because they've really succeeded. Like if the overall movie wasn't boring enough, in the middle of the flick, some Native American Professor appears and explains everything about the monster to park ranger Danny. This guy was so freaking boring, and it kinda reminded me of when being back in high school, half asleep, while a teacher kept babbling on about something one couldn't care less about. Thing is that I'm usually not like that, and can sit through most stuff even if it's painfull, but this guy and the whole flick in general just had snooze written all over it.
The viewer has to wait for what feels like an eternity for the actual monster to appear, and when it finally did appear, it was like getting a bucket of disappointment splashed all over your face. So while the monster took a hell of a lot of time to show itself, one must admit that the title is kinda appropriate as it sure waits, and waits, and waits. It kinda looked like a stupid version of The Creeper. Like they've stolen that character, then made him look a little less terrifying, and attached some shitty wings to his back. Poor thing, he was ugly as hell and not even frightening... I kinda felt sorry for the guy. Actually, the monster was a female but who cares?
When it comes to scares, the movie had a few very cheap ones, non-effective none the less. The little gore was somewhat graphical, but if you've seen a few horror flicks before, it has nothing new to offer on that subject either. Now, the acting wasn't half-bad, while that doesn't mean that it was really good either, at least it didn't completely suck. The score did though, and was one of the reason that caused that headache that I mentioned earlier.
It Waits looked all right, and while Miss Vincent always looks more than just all right, the monster didn't look anywhere near all right. All right? Problem with this movie was that it took too long for something to happen, and when something finally did happen, it didn't satisfy at all. The ending was really lame (I'm not gonna give it away though) and the overall flick was extremely boring. For a creature feature, this truly was a huuuuuge waste of time.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Steven R. Monroe
WRITING CREDITS: Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas E. Szollosi
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Austin Jordon
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 84 min
RATING: 2/10
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