See No Evil (2006)

9% of critics liked it
(57 reviews)
60% of users liked it
(113,620 ratings)

A ragtag group of juvenile delinquents assigned the task of cleaning up an abandoned hotel find out just how deadly community service can be when they are stalked by a monstrous, four-hundred-pound maniac with a grudge in director Gregory Dark's wrestling-infused survival horror flick. It was a mere… More A ragtag group of juvenile delinquents assigned the task of cleaning up an abandoned hotel find out just how deadly community service can be when they are stalked by a monstrous, four-hundred-pound maniac with a grudge in director Gregory Dark's wrestling-infused survival horror flick. It was a mere four years ago that seven-foot menace Jacob Goodnight (WWE superstar Kane) was shot in the head and left for dead by a local police officer. But Jacob wasn't going down that easy. With a steel plate subsequently attached to his skull and ten razor-sharp fingernails ready to scrape grey matter from the skulls of his victims, Jacob retreated to the abandoned Blackwell Hotel, where he resided in the darkened, rotting hallways while planning his ultimate revenge. As fate would have it, Jacob wouldn't have to go far to satiate his raging bloodlust, though, and as the unsuspecting teens make their way through the crumbling corridors of the once-luxurious inn guided by the very same policeman who fired that misguided bullet years earlier, the notorious killer sharpens his nails, stalks his prey, and prepares for a little payback. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By: Gregory Dark
Written By: Dan Madigan
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror

In Theaters: May 19, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Nov 28, 2006
Studio: Lionsgate Films

Critic Reviews

Joe Leydon, Variety
Although much blood is spilled and splattered, precious little suspense is generated during See No Evil.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
If there were an award for mangiest set decoration, See No Evil -- a routine slasher film set in a condemned hotel -- might cop it.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
The gilt-and-grime setting is eerily atmospheric, and screenwriter Dan Madigan has a nicely sick sense of humor.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
See No Evil is proficient junk, which makes it something of an improvement over recent horrors like An American Haunting.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
... the extreme levels of gratuitous gore also make the picture ... difficult to recommend.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
... the appropriately named Mr. Dark has no use for actors as anything other than body-bag fillers.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...slightly more effective than your average not-screened-for-critics genre entry...
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
O roteiro não traz uma única idéia original, sendo previsível do início ao fim (com exceção, talvez no que diz respeito ao destino de alguns personagens). Ainda assim, o filme funciona graças à direção firme do ex-realizador pornô (!) Gregory Dark.
Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
Horror has a new killer on the block, one that's likely to be back sooner than you think.
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
An uncomplicated, brutal and bloody horror movie, See No Evil is worth a look.
Joseph Proimakis, Movies for the Masses
full review in Greek
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
blows more than the acctresses in the directors old movies
Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Threat
It's unoriginal with no rhyme or reason, and never takes advantage of its golden opportunity to provide us with an entertaining story.
Timothy Knight, Reel.com
A predictably gruesome compendium of splatter-movie clichés, See No Evil is a reprehensible exercise in lowest-common-denominator filmmaking that disgusts and bores in equal measure.
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Sickeningly violent nonsense.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
This rote exercise in slasher-film tedium holds zero surprises.
Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies
If it carries the faint odour of freshly carved teenage flesh, plus a soupcan of plucked eyeball, then you've sniffed out See No Evil.
Audrey Rock-Richardson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)
Devoid of suspense. I was bored.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
You would think that a pornography director would be a decent fit for a slasher movie...Yet Gregory Dark seems unable to make the transition.
Susan Granger, Modamag.com
A loathsome, repugnant slasher/thriller

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Martin S

Sure...it was kane...but that's not enough
Lady D

This could actually be a contender for the worst Slasher film ever made. It ticks all the cliche boxes and adds a Wrestler into the mix.
Coxxie M

nothing creeps me out more than eyeballs being squished... oh, wait. i know: fucking horror movies starring WWF wrestlers. that creeps me out big time. and spiders.
Wahida K

There are a lot of similar Movies with similar plot out there, only the "Devil" or if you prefer Bad guys are different.
Lorenzo v

Eight Teens, One Weekend, One Serial Killer. A ragtag group of juvenile delinquents assigned the task of cleaning up an abandoned hotel find out just how deadly community service can be when they are stalked by a monstrous, four-hundred-pound maniac with a grudge… More
Eight Teens, One Weekend, One Serial Killer. A ragtag group of juvenile delinquents assigned the task of cleaning up an abandoned hotel find out just how deadly community service can be when they are stalked by a monstrous, four-hundred-pound maniac with a grudge in director Gregory Dark's wrestling-infused survival horror flick. It was a mere four years ago that seven-foot menace Jacob Goodnight (WWE superstar Kane) was shot in the head and left for dead by a local police officer. But Jacob wasn't going down that easy. With a steel plate subsequently attached to his skull and ten razor-sharp fingernails ready to scrape grey matter from the skulls of his victims, Jacob retreated to the abandoned Blackwell Hotel, where he resided in the darkened, rotting hallways while planning his ultimate revenge. As fate would have it, Jacob wouldn't have to go far to satiate his raging bloodlust, though, and as the unsuspecting teens make their way through the crumbling corridors of the once-luxurious inn guided by the very same policeman who fired that misguided bullet years earlier, the notorious killer sharpens his nails, stalks his prey, and prepares for a little payback. Review Awful movie. Awful acting. Awful script. Awful plot. Awful is a bit redundant, but describes this movie in a nutshell. Every person I went with thought the same. I do enjoy a good slasher/horror movie, but this poorly developed movie would be difficult to enjoy. It is also not one of those movies that so bad it's funny, it's just bad. The situation for the plot is not believable, you don't feel scared at all, or feel sorry for the victims. You just count how many people are left and hope it'll be over soon.
Dean M

SICKTASTIC! What a nasty slice-and-dice-'em horror flick starring WWE's Kane and I figured it out the film was filmed in Australia alright because I recognized some actors are Aussie. I should have wished Rachael Taylor's character could survive in this heart-pounding… More
SICKTASTIC! What a nasty slice-and-dice-'em horror flick starring WWE's Kane and I figured it out the film was filmed in Australia alright because I recognized some actors are Aussie. I should have wished Rachael Taylor's character could survive in this heart-pounding blood-soaked thriller, but I was wrong - damn it!
Dean !

A very good modern horror, quite gory to. Better than most I have seen lately.
Emily A

This is not a good movie, but I have to admit, it has panache. The filmmaking in the opening sequence alone is quite arresting and really did impressed me. It was all just downhill from there, though. I didn't care if any of the characters lived or died, with the exception of the… More
This is not a good movie, but I have to admit, it has panache. The filmmaking in the opening sequence alone is quite arresting and really did impressed me. It was all just downhill from there, though. I didn't care if any of the characters lived or died, with the exception of the one played by Kane. Red Dragon and Psycho did the brain-washing mother motif so much better. It is nice to see religious Christian extremism as the bad guy, though.
Bobby H

Im not a big fan of unreal evil horror characters and thats why I rarley watch them, but because it was a WWE production I did. Overall though, it impressed me - great storyline, good actors (for no one really that famous), and a movie well worth watching!
Roy G

The madman is played by the single-name professional wrestler Kane, who has all the acting skills of a fire hydrant. But why waste good acting on a contrived, unimaginative story?
E.J. B

Has all the ingredients to be a cult horror hit. But they're all wasted in this poorly staged, redundant, and laughably fake crap.
Jacob P

An interesting horror film about a WWE wrestler killing a bunch of juvinile teenagers. I really had fun enjoying this slasher flick.
Steven V

Great horror movie. Kane is marvellous in his role. the movie and the plot was the same as all these horror movies, offcourse the recent ones, the acting was good.
Duncan R

It's badly shot, badly written, and the performances in it are laughable at best. Simply put, there's nothing good about this movie. Period.
Jon O

A WWE horror movie. What more needs to be said?
William G

Incorporates minor touches that would seem all the more ridiculous were they not demented distractions from their tepid surroundings.
Laurence C

Pure slasher formula, conceived and executed no better or no worse than everything it lazily rips off. Considering the horror genre isn't exactly at its peak, you could certainly find a whole lot worse than See No Evil in the market right now-- but that doesn't change the… More
Pure slasher formula, conceived and executed no better or no worse than everything it lazily rips off. Considering the horror genre isn't exactly at its peak, you could certainly find a whole lot worse than See No Evil in the market right now-- but that doesn't change the fact that this slapdash WWE production is all-around lousily written, badly acted and absolutely forgettable, except for a few mildly inventive kills.
Chad R

Just like all of these sick gross out horror type flicks, it trys to take a page from Friday the 13th, and Halloween. This is Friday the 13th in and old hotel with a big F'n crazy EX-WWE wrestler. I got over these movies in my teens, but if you like these well good on you… More
Just like all of these sick gross out horror type flicks, it trys to take a page from Friday the 13th, and Halloween. This is Friday the 13th in and old hotel with a big F'n crazy EX-WWE wrestler. I got over these movies in my teens, but if you like these well good on you then. So why did I watch it? I was just wondering that myself.
Doctor S

These people are so annoying - a gang of juvie troublemakers - that you don't really mind seeing them get knocked off. However the killer is lame and pretty much everything about this dreary production is third-rate.
Barry L

Beleive it or not this actually managed to hold my attention throughout with a few squemish moments. Never going to be a classic but better than I thought it would be.