Much better than Hatchet, doesn't take much
This film for me was a vast improvement on Hatchet-I haven't seen Spiral yet. I know Kevin Zegers from the original Air Bud, and I can honestly say he was just as good in this, writer/director Adam Green from Hatchet made a good script, with genuine fear, a creepy atmosphere, and likable charecters, overall. I was impressed with Shawn Ashmore and Emma Bell as well. This film should NOT be put in the horror genre, more like a suspence/survival thriller. Independant filmmaking may well be the only way Hollywood can still come up with semi-new ideas. The slasher killer tactic is getting tired, re-makes are getting too predictable, the revenge storyline is getting very tired. But I've known that some people still have some new ideas, the only problem is, will audiences want to see them?I guess we'll see.