Pretentious horror film `Awaken the Shadowman` slides into silliness
(LA Times Clippers)

Somehow worse than its ridiculous title, `Awaken the Shadowman` is sillier than it is scary. At once portentous and pretentious, it creates the expectation that audiences are in for a villain worthy of their fear (and a franchise), but the filmmakers haven´t invested in creating a monster that...