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 The beginning of "The Outing" will leave you shaking your head. Three teenage hoodlums break into a house, beat up an androgynous old lady (they actually kick her in the ribs while she's down on the floor), and smash up some remarkably fragile walls to find a magic lamp. Of course, there is a genie in it, and since this is a horror film, the genie is the kind that kills people. Unlike Divoff's djinn from "Wishmaster", this one doesn't grant wishes with nasty twists; instead, it just kills people on sight in a variety of ways. The problem is that it decimates the cast too quickly, and the deaths are clustered together, making the film uneven. There are also some unbelievably bad characters. Aside from the elder-abusing teens at the beginning, there is the psychotic high school student who wouldn't last a week in any school. While he is impulsive enough to deliberately rear-end cars and pick fights with just about anyone, he's somehow also methodical and patient enough to sneak into a museum along with some other teenagers and remain in hiding until the perfect moment. Nevertheless, the movie has its good points too. The dark museum is, as usual, a great setting for horror flicks (another example would be "The Relic"), and the deaths are rather spectacular and diverse. The bottom line: "The Outing" is okay, though B-movie buffs will like it more than anyone else. |
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** NOTE: The more dots on the domino, the higher the rating. 12 is a masterpiece. One or no dots is also a masterpiece, if you consider poop to be a gourmet ingredient.** |
    
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