This movie had major potential, but some weird choices just makes you wonder...

Throughout the film, due to some solid cinematography and acting, there's a certain atmosphere that it's crafted that actually holds tension and doesn't give off a "tacky" or "cheap" vibe as some other movies (especially slasher ones) at the time did. Some self-aware humor sprinkled throughout it also makes it fun (even if some people say it "ripped off" Scream). So, even due to some weird choices, it always "feels" good in a certain way. However, these weird choices makes you wonder sometimes:


[spoiler] Why was The Fisherman toying with the bunch at times? For instance, why would he choose to cut Helen's hair instead of just killing her?; even if her hair is important to the character, there's no reason for the killer to actually give a f*** about it. [/spoiler]


[spoiler] Why and how (but most importantely WHY) would he stuff Julie's car trunk with Max's corpse and a bunch of live crabs? And, minutes later, just... disappear with it... [/spoiler]


[spoiler] How does he kill Barry and gets away with it? He slashes him with a hook and, fine, there's a show going on so no one can hear it or see it, but there's just a little blood on the scene after that gruesome death (that the cop obviously doesn't notice) and the killer just... disappears with Barry's corpse without a trace... [/spoiler]


There are some other stuff that I was picky about at first but, the more I thought about them, the more they made sense. [spoiler] For instance: how would Julie and Helen not recognize that David was not the same guy that they rannover if they saw the corpse on the road and Edgar's pictures in Melissa's house (and probably did Ray, as he had been there before)? But, looking back, they make sure to say that "his face is all messed up" lol [/spoiler]. So kudos to the movie for covering some of their bases when the viewers start overthinking it; [spoiler] even when it's revealed that the killer is a non-supernatural being (which is a nice twist on the genre), the action still makes sense [/spoiler]


Anyway, as I said, the movie and its atmosphere "feels" good (at least for me) and not "tacky" or "cheap" as some other slasher movies of the time — except for the very ending, which is just silly. And it's FUN. So, I guess that's what counts :)