The first story is about a couple who break into a strange house where its residents have been murdered. There is no supernatural stuff, and the story could happen in real life if it hasn't already (again, the psychology exercise calls for "real" stories). This should be scary, but the bad acting and the pedestrian plot conspire to make this story rather dumb and uninteresting. Hopefully, the rest of the anthology will make up for the weak first story.

The next story is about four teenage girls cruising the town for fun but end up cruising for a bruising. This one is more violent and slightly more captivating than the first story. Still, when you have vicious dogs chasing down girls and hardly doing anything to them once they catch up, the story never transcends mediocrity. (sigh)

The third story is about a crippled switchboard operator who has to deal with a stalker. Marg Helgenberger does a decent job as the operator, but the story itself is highly predictable and for the most part boring. When it finally starts getting interesting with the stalker leaving a trail of bodies, it pretty much ends right there. Oh brother, this anthology is 0-for-3 so far...

The fourth, wraparound story is less predictable than the others, but it is pretty over-the-top. It isn't everyday you see a burning man chopping up someone while not bothering to stop, drop, and roll. Some elements from the three other stories turn up again in this one as an attempt to create an eerie sense of deja vu. It beats the other three stories, though not by a wide margin.

Overall, this is a weak horror anthology which fails to capitalize on the potentially scary premise of telling real-life horror stories.

**NOTE: The more dots on the domino, the higher the rating. 12 dots means the movie is "da bomb" while no dots indicates it's just a plain old bomb to be avoided at all costs.**