Alone in the Dark (2005)

Oh my God, this movie is freakin' hilarious. Tara Reid's disastrous performance (as an archaeologist who can't pronounce 'Newfoundland' correctly) is worth the money all by itself, but there's plenty more where that came from. (Best line of dialogue, delivered with a remarkable straight face by Christian Slater: "Hudgens! Don't be insane!") In a way, it's refreshing that this film can be considered so-bad-it's-funny -- director Uwe Boll's previous film House of the Dead was bad in a way that can't even be mocked. Laughing at House of the Dead is like pimp-slapping a kid who rides the short bus: You can do it, but it's only going to make you feel worse about yourself. How sad that this awful, awful movie should represent artistic progress for its director, but that's how it is in Uwe Boll Land.

Grade: D