Where to begin...this movie has all of the horror tropes onboard: college 'kids' (who are all clearly in their mid thirties), a group excursion to another country, weed, a camping trip, woods, mysterious people who aren't ever explained, blood-drenched knives, random gunshots being fired in the woods by nobody, floating shovels - ok those are a bit novel and one of the highlights of the hilarity, and just wait until you see the aftermath of the shovel victim - a creepy kid, a felled tree blocking the road, becoming lost in the woods, unseen hit and run motorists, the same reused shot of the moon in the sky, night after night, a lantern falling over and burning down a cabin, woods that even in the clear daytime have heavy smoke coming from and going in all directions, and possibly the worst thunder and lightning you've seen since a B-movie from the late 1920s - holy heck does this one run the gamut.
We weren't terrified, nor even scared, and the few weak attempts at a jump scare fell flat with us, but as a campy horror movie, there's a lot to laugh about in this one.
Armand Assante steals the few scenes he's in, and the hunter is the only other good actor here. Although English isn't his native language, the middle-eastern actor portraying the hunter has impeccable English and is more convincing an actor than anyone else present. You'll want Tommy to die early on, but tough luck - you will have to suffer his incessant whining about EVERY FREAKING THING until near the end. Odd too is how the dialogue almost seems dubbed in English over everyone speaking English, as if a lot of the dialogue was re-recorded in post. The scenery is sometimes great and other times seems like it was shot in the woods behind your aunt's home, and there are some out of focus shots and one VERY out if focus shot, the aforementioned overuse of smoke here there and everywhere, a pitiful script, and some C-movie special effects round out the rest of this turkey.
Oddly, there's a symphony orchestra playing music thru much of it, which seems very out of place at times. I think they blew the budget on Armand and the orchestra, and made do with what they found in the couch cushions and under the car seats for the rest of it.
This is one to have some friends over, pour the beer and wine, and laugh at the absurdity of this clown car of a movie, and really enjoy the few scenes that make you laugh so hard that it almost feels like this movie is what gave the Wayans inspiration to make Scary Movie.
We weren't terrified, nor even scared, and the few weak attempts at a jump scare fell flat with us, but as a campy horror movie, there's a lot to laugh about in this one.
Armand Assante steals the few scenes he's in, and the hunter is the only other good actor here. Although English isn't his native language, the middle-eastern actor portraying the hunter has impeccable English and is more convincing an actor than anyone else present. You'll want Tommy to die early on, but tough luck - you will have to suffer his incessant whining about EVERY FREAKING THING until near the end. Odd too is how the dialogue almost seems dubbed in English over everyone speaking English, as if a lot of the dialogue was re-recorded in post. The scenery is sometimes great and other times seems like it was shot in the woods behind your aunt's home, and there are some out of focus shots and one VERY out if focus shot, the aforementioned overuse of smoke here there and everywhere, a pitiful script, and some C-movie special effects round out the rest of this turkey.
Oddly, there's a symphony orchestra playing music thru much of it, which seems very out of place at times. I think they blew the budget on Armand and the orchestra, and made do with what they found in the couch cushions and under the car seats for the rest of it.
This is one to have some friends over, pour the beer and wine, and laugh at the absurdity of this clown car of a movie, and really enjoy the few scenes that make you laugh so hard that it almost feels like this movie is what gave the Wayans inspiration to make Scary Movie.