Thieves steal a lamp from an old lady and wind up unleashing
a killer genie. The next day, a bunch of
kids go to a museum on a field trip. They
get the bright idea to leave the group behind and spend the night in the
museum. Naturally, the genie shows up
and starts picking them off one by one.
Most of the movie is clunky and sometimes dull, but it's
nearly saved by a handful of gory set pieces and zany kills. The scene
where a woman takes an axe to the brain and awakens moments later to kill her
attacker with a well-placed headbutt is awesome. We also get people cut in half, death by
impalement, head crushing, and a funny scene in which a snake goes up a guy’s
pants.
These odd moments, not to mention the cool monster help to
almost, but not quite make up for the film’s various shortcomings. The teens are mostly annoying and the pacing
is erratic. The ending is also weird and
frustrating. Up until The Outing, I’ve
never seen a movie end with a scene in which a Pepsi truck acts as both a jump
scare and product placement. I guess
that counts for something.
Overall, The Outing is far too uneven to ever really
work. As far as killer genie movies go, it’s
still much better than any films in the Wishmaster series. It’s definitely no Sorority Babes in the
Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama though.
AKA: The Lamp.
You don't like any of the Wishmaster films? I think they're pretty good.
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