Kadaicha

Ah, the ol' ancient burial ground shenanigans, Australia-flavoured this time. It has some vibes from previous, superior horror films (think Poltergeist or A Nightmare on Elm Street), but it comes off as quite by-the-numbers and a bit daft. All the schoolkids look about thirty-odd as well. The Aboriginal mythology and folklore underpinning the events could have been explored a bit more imaginatively I think. Bit of a tame straight-to-video effort, this.

[distant] When we were little, my cousins weren't allowed to watch 'proper' horror films. They were allowed to watch this though, and did, many, many times. Even then -to me- it was just a tame slasher/poltergeist-but-ozzy bit of fun. I'm probably over-rating slightly just because of the effects saying the word had on them for a year or two, children are horrible.