I have just Re-Watched this, I have only seen it once before, about 11 years ago, when it first came out.I could not remember much, so I gave it another go. I really liked the opening scene, thought it was very good, had the 80s vibe to it.Sadly that was the only decent part of it, as the rest of it was Very hard to watch The acting in this, was some of the worst I ever seen.It made it harder to care about anyone, I thought some parts of the movie dragged.I thought the kills were disappointing and the twist at end was so predicable.

...and notable for only a few things, which I will try to keep within the minimal word requirement for these comments. One: its ostensible star is Jamie-Lynn "The Sopranos" Sigler, although her role is mundane and she fails to exhibit the requisite flesh of an exploitation film, and very little in the way of acting chops. Two: it features an amusing "in media res" decapitation that gives new meaning to the expression, "getting head." And three: there's a "splitting headache" murder that sets up the only genuine giggle in the entire film. That's pretty much it. We do get the requisite exploitation nudity from Andrea "Dark Wolf" Bogart (along with a horrendously absurd monologue), and production values that somewhat belie the obvious low-budget nature of the piece. Desperation viewing only, save for the above three points, and that's all I've got to say. You've been warned.

At an amusement park, two twin girls enter the "Dark Ride," one of those amusement park houses of horror where you go along a track and stuff pops out at you, and are killed by a madman. 15 years later, he escapes from an insane asylum and heads back to his killing grounds just as a group of college kids are about to illegally spend the night in the Dark Ride. Pretty typical "psycho kills stupid teens" premise.For those of you who have never heard of it, this movie is out of the original "After Dark Horrorfest - 8 Films to Die For" set. They usually get slammed by critics, but I tend to enjoy them, both the campy ones and the serious ones. This one tends to land on the campy side, IMO.Overall it was pretty enjoyable. Any real gripes I could come up with would just be nit-picking. Even though most of the cast is made up of unknowns (except the girl from The Sopranos and the guy from The Sandlot) but for the most part they all did an acceptable job. If you like slasher films, you will probably like it. The premise is cliché, but there were some decent twists that I didn't really see coming.Final Score - 6/10

Dark Ride features a gruesome opening sequence, a young woman being decapitated whilst delivering a blow job, and an outstanding vertical head slice—moments of gore which would automatically earn a movie a recommendation from me. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is so stale that it ends up as just one more reason for me to be wary of Lionsgate releases.A blatant rip-off of Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse (1981), Dark Ride sees a bunch of obnoxious teenagers (hot women, some studs, and a guy who looks like an unhealthy, ginger Elijah Wood) being murdered by a hulking psycho after opting to spend the night in an abandoned fairground ride. Whilst The Funhouse wasn't exactly the greatest example of the slasher genre, it could at least boast a modicum of originality and a style of its own; writer/director Craig Singer, on the other hand, clearly has very few fresh ideas, and is content to plagiarise both the look and feel of Hoopers' film.Less savvy horror fans unaware of the film's obvious cribbing might get a kick out of Dark Ride, but for those in the know, my advice is to save yourself some time and money and just enjoy the best bits on YouTube.