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Cliff
recently cheated on his wife Abbey so they decide
to take a trip to the cabin like old times to resolve
things. Unfortunately they never reach the cabin as
they end up in a car accident. While Cliff comes out
with only a scratch, Abbey ends up in a terrible coma
as she nearly burnt to death. The question now is,
should Cliff try to keep her alive or should he let
her rest in peace? A question which becomes harder when
he realizes that no matter whether she's alive or dead,
Abbey will have her revenge.
I had really expected something different from Rob
Schmidt, the director of the hugely entertaining
slasher flick, Wrong Turn. But Right to Die is yet
another generic ghost flick with nothing new to offer
to the genre. As the second season of the series seems
to be dying out, Rob Schmidt gives us one of the least
satisfying episodes of this season. The story isn't
exciting or fresh, the twists are predictable and even
though we get some gore in here, you can't help but to
feel like this is more of a drama about a man who has
to make a difficult choice. The worst thing is, Right
to Die isn't satisfying as a drama nor a horror flick.
The story revolves around a couple with some serious
relationship issues - Abbey and Cliff. After a tragic
car accident, Abbey is severely burnt while Cliff
manages to come out with just a scratch which leaves
Abbey in a coma. Cliff now has to make a very difficult
decision - should Abbey be put to rest or should they
try to keep her alive? To make things even more
difficult, every time Abbey flat lines, she comes back
as a ghost to terrorize everyone who's done her wrong.
In other words, it's a lackluster ghost story with a
rather unexciting twist (imagine the ghost girl from
The Grudge with all of her skin peeled off).
Rob Schmidt doesn't impress behind the camera. In front
of the camera however, Martin Donovan gives us a stellar
performance while Corbin Bernsen struggles to remove
the low-budget stamp that has been put on him as of
lately. The best performance however goes to Julia
Anderson's gigantic boobs (unprofessional comment? sure
but god damn those are big breasts). Ultimately, Right
to Die is a watchable episode but it doesn't offer
anything new and it really does drag a whole lot. This
season is slowly turning into a mess if you ask me.
A gory burnt body, and skin peeled off.
Ave Maria always does the trick but as you may suspect,
there's nothing groundbreaking here.
Right to Die is as generic as they come. It's predictable,
it drags and it doesn't have anything new to offer
which ultimately made this a dull episode - hardly
worth checking out. Rob Schmidt should have played the
safe card and made a slasher episode instead if you
ask me because clearly ghost movies aren't his thing.
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