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Amelia Warner, Ben Peyton, David Nicolle

Nine friends retreat to an old Scottish mansion for a weekend of partying without knowing the violent history of the ancient edifice. After finding a book documenting the home's history, they find tha...( read more  read more... )t the former owner, a Scottish patriot had his eyes gouged out after the mansion was forcibly taken from him. As the fun-minded teens try to push the grisly story out of their minds, they are overtaken by strange behavior that results in gruesome trouble for each of them. Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton stars in this British-made slasher entry.

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Directed by: Andrew Green

Release Date: August 26, 2002

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DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004

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  • rebvodka042099
    July 29, 2008
    rebvodka042099
    This movie was simply, purely, clearly, honestly awful. But it's funny that Paris Hilton has more than 11 thousand fans here on Flixster. You people...
  • Deano78
    May 15, 2008
    Deano78
    Awful attempt at a slasher film, avoid!
  • SilentScreamer
    March 22, 2007
    SilentScreamer
    OMG, if you ever watch this movie, pleaz just don't. It is completly stupid. COMPLETLY!
  • LYNNWOODS04
    August 12, 2009
    LYNNWOODS04
    ANY MOVIE IS A BAD MOVIE IF IT INVOLVES PARIS HILTON
  • samanthaseaotter
    August 4, 2009
    samanthaseaotter
    If Paris Hilton is in it, it sucks.
  • woulduaskpicasso2sellhisguitar
    May 30, 2009
    woulduaskpicasso2sellhisguitar
    Paris Hilton? No thanks
  • Budgeburgess
    April 14, 2009
    Budgeburgess
    I must confess I'd never heard of Paris Hilton until I watched this DVD - it's true, I don't get out much. I watched it because I'm Scottish and I write the odd murder mystery and ghost story, and it's always a good idea to remain aware of what's being published and filmed so you...( read more) don't regurgitate something which has already been 'done to death'. Fortunately, even at my very worst, I'm unlikely to churn out anything as bad as this. It's tat, presumably quickly thrown together to exploit the apparent notoriety of the aforementioned French hotel made flesh.

    Ms.Hilton makes a brief appearance before being rapidly dispatched - not before we endure a 20 minute scene-setting dinner in which the characters reveal that they are all exceedingly affluent, old school friends with no purpose in life other than to end up as fodder for a slaughter-fest. And not before the aforementioned young woman briefly appears déshabillé (almost).

    Nine elegant young things assemble in a Scottish mansion to celebrate the 21st birthday of one of their number. A couple of minions serve them a sumptuous repast and leave them with copious amounts of alcohol. Ms.Hilton's escort then has a disturbing experience in a bathroom, discovers an ancient volume left over from the defeat of the Jacobites in 1746 (wrongly described as 1745 in the film), and launches into a fit of murder.

    At best, it's interesting. At worst, and in the main, it's excruciating. The reason for the murderous assault appears to be some desire to pay back the English for their treatment of the Scots. Now, I might not be entirely unsympathetic to such an idea ... but, frankly, it's appallingly done. As an explanation of why this murderous spirit should return to exact retribution at this particular moment, it's extraordinarily tenuous.

    In terms of horror, it's too slow, too predictable, too unbelievable, and lacks any sense of Scottishness. The mansion in which it takes place seems to have more rooms and corridors than the entire Hilton chain, never mind the Paris one. The ghost, or spirit of retribution, has probably spent the last two hundred and fifty years wandering around looking for someone to kill, and has finally got lucky ... just when there was a film crew available. Frankly, if it was going to kill anyone, it would have been the interior designers who refurbished the place!

    It's difficult to sympathise with any of the characters. They're plastic. They have little to say, and, though they're pretty, they fail to capture your sympathies. You sit, praying that they'll hurry up and die just so you can discover if the end is as innocuous as the one you anticipate. One death leads to another and you wonder how the survivor is going to explain things ... "well, officer, it appears there was this troubled spirit living in a book".

    Tedious, hastily conceived and constructed, lacking in any sophistication or depth (despite its allusions to existentialism and Schroedinger's Cat), and about as Scottish as Japanese whisky - i.e., no character, no flavour, and instantly forgettable. The only nightmare this will cause is angst at the realisation you wasted good money and several unrecoverable minutes of your life watching it. In short, a turkey with a kilt on (McHilton tartan, of course)!
  • angelicchance
    April 7, 2009
    angelicchance
    Pretty good for a movie with Paris in it, keeps you guessing.
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    deffintly not of paris is in it
  • xobabygreekox
    November 26, 2008
    xobabygreekox
    the consept was good but the story wasnt well presented, good looking guys though (: :b

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  • MsMaterialGirl
    June 2, 2007
    MsMaterialGirl
    i dont care if the movie was good or not....paris is in it so im watchin it...shes awesome....shes totally spoiled and she gets whatever she wants
  • M1ssSkyw4lk3r
    March 31, 2007
    M1ssSkyw4lk3r
    any movie with Paris Hilton is shit & the story line is predictable, i fell asleep when it just got 2 the actual plot of the story. the ending was shit too.
  • ladyvader420
    February 21, 2007
    ladyvader420
    I thought this movie was absolutely horrible. Very unoriginal and unsuspenseful. It was not very scary at all, two out of five of us who watched it fell asleep. The plot and the ending were very disappointing. No disrespect to you filmakers and fans, its just my opinion.
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