@Norseness: My thoughts exactly. That's precisely the problem I've had with every negative review of this film I've read. Critics who didn't like it were either taking themselves very seriously or were turned off by the over-the-top nature of it all. The latter's fine but I really don't need to explain why the former is not conducive to film criticism. I'd say this review was a mixture of the two.
Of course, I already know for a fact that this film is right up my alley (I ♥ both Sirk & Argento) so I could be a wee bit biased.
This is obviously a case of beauty being in the eye of the beholder and whatnot 'cause everything you just said only makes me want to see this movie more. And I've already read the script!
Isn't it funny how misleading horror movie posters can be? I mean, honestly, who didn't want to see a murderous jack-o-lantern wield a butcher knife?
And to this day, I still have no idea who's on that Scream poster.
Smallville's been consistently average this season -- which is a compliment. Here's hoping it knocks the ball out of the park. It's far less insulting than Heroes at this point, at least.