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"Sweet Sebastian Bach, I wanna play!"
And so does everyone else, apparently. I'm not a huge video game fanatic, but I'm not a total loser when it comes to those types of games either. :p My interest was piqued when I learned the story and plotline on IMDB, and decided to give this film a go. From the very beginning, I could feel chills running up my spine as I watched Loomis Crowley (cameo by Ventimiglia) enter a 3D plantation and get snuffed after a few seconds of gameplay. I loved the concept of having a video game do people in the same way they died in the game; the concept seemed scarier and more realistic than other horror movie plots -plus, it seemed more modern and befits today's times, where most teenagers spend their time blasting zombies and playing commando on their video game equipment. The story revolves around a group of teenagers who, after receiving the cursed video game Crowley was playing the night he died (of course, viewers know that it was the result of the video game which brought about Crowley's demise), become intrigued and decide to play it. After chanting the Prayer of Elizabeth, they are thrown into a world where the concepts of virtual and reality become blurred. After one of their number dies in the exact way he died in the game, they realize that they aren't the ones playing the game - quite the reverse. Now, it is up to them to stop the ruthless Blood Countess (Maria Kalinina) and find a way to stay alive. For those who think that the Blood Countess didn't exist, let me dash that notion and say that yes, there was a Blood Countess, and she was also called Elizabeth Bathory (rewind the film to the part where they discover a secret chamber and you will see the name plate on the portrait). I love it when films find ways to connect the events or characters to real life; I think it makes these films a wee bit more believable.
7/10
