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Title: Terrific fun- if you can recognize all the clichés!
Review: Deep Rising is one of the only ways a horror/thriller can really work- by being silly. All the characters are stereo-typed and self-kidding, and so is the movie. There is lots of dry humor in the face of certain death, and this makes the movie seem to surreal to be taken seriously. Which is a very good thing, because this is an extremely gory movie- but even that's not a bad thing because it's so clichéd! There are huge rooms filled with bloody skeletons, and a guy who is vomited up with half his face missing. But it doesn't really get to you (unless you're really squeamish) because it, like the movie, is so OVER-THE-TOP.
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