The Canyonlands (2021) User Reviews

Z movie

[danielcereto · 3/10 · 5 April 2021]

I love slashers. Even the B-slashers, that's why I watched this one.

The movie itself is pretty bad. Acting is amateurish. Fx'S cheap and it is full of cliches and predictable. So, overall a Z movie.

Oh Dear had promise - did not fulfil its remit!

[omendata · 3/10 · 13 March 2021]

Good start, nice quadcopter landscape shots and some decent sound and music but that is where it ends...sadly!!!

This ain't no Deliverance.

When you create a stalk and slash horror these days you need a gimmick , a scary killer with menace; not some goofy old guy with black rings around his eyes and a bad pair of gnashers (Love the other reviewer's comment about Mick Fleetwood its spot on lol) and all we get is a series of lame pickaxe deaths; c'mon for goodness sake even these days you can produce Stan Winston/Rob Bottin style gore effects cheaply - They did it magnificently in the hard to watch scenes in Bone Tomahawk - That is the basics of the modern horror expectations these days.

As the other reviewer pointed out it "just plods along", nothing new to see, not scary at all but unintentionally funny at points, some of the acting is pretty poor and the script is woeful - these are the things that should be sorted before you start filming!

Not as bad as some reviews say

[greg-53682 · 4/10 · 8 April 2021]

It's definitely not a masterpiece, but it's a solid 4/10. Acting wasn't as bad as reviewers are saying. The social media girl was a bit annoying I will admit. Enjoyed it until the ending and after that it went a bit downhill. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but if you're just looking for a popcorn movie and nothing else to watch I'd say go for it.

MY GOODNESS....

[bumbray99 · 1/10 · 23 April 2021]

What the hell happened to HORROR MOVIE'S these days, I mean what happened to the good ol horror film maker's like Wes Craven and Rob Zombie and not to mention Stephen King, what the hell these guys die off or something!

a goldminer deadwalking...

[ops-52535 · 1/10 · 9 March 2021]

Sounds deliciously exciting doesnt it... but its not, its a horror movie but it aint proper horror either, rather a 101 how to make mistakes when making movies is my best description. it has an undertone of indian vs the new settlers from the brave old world, without any touch of real myths or history.

i shall not tear this project apart, just say that cheating deserve beating because they do not know dark filming, and with a plot thats darkdepending its gross. there are clear stary stary artifiscial sky where the ''screen''(green,blue etc) is clearly visible is very very poor production.

there are two things i can positively mention, that is great drone aerials of the natural scenery(in daylight), and a pretty decent film music. the rest is just amateuristic rubbish without any contact with the spiritual corners of oneself. use a bit fantasy, and train the dawgs better next time.this is a sleeping pill for the grumpy old man, that doesnt use the single star unit too often...

Missed opportunity.

[Patient444 · 3/10 · 13 March 2021]

I see a lot of reviews that are going hard for the acting, which is indeed bad here but for me the real problem were the characters. When you have people written as shallow as possible, it is quite clear that the movie is going to fail because you can't do anything with them, except killing them on screen.

The same happens with our killer, he comes off paper thin, one drive, one feature and that is all. The story itself makes little sense, is far fetched, badly executed and you get to see the absolute worst decisions taken throughout the movie. Just when you want to ask yourself 'Are these people for real' you realize that no, they are not, just a bunch of stereotypes thrown together.

Except for the surroundings there is nothing redeeming about Canyonlands. Just go and watch The Hills Have Eyes. This is sadly an example of how not to make a horror.

Cheers!

Worst stinker ever made!

[psxexperten · 1/10 · 9 March 2021]

Wow, What a HORRIBLE movie!! So many garbage movies lately that's kind of sad. This movie is horrible and the reviews/ratings are littered with YouTube follower fakers giving it 10s. The acting is atrocious, special effects are poor quality, and the storyline is old and boring. If you've seen any other bad zombie moves lately, this one is no different. No words can describe what a piece of poo this is. The unbelievable content aside, the production/post production quality is beyond horrendous. Story - abominable. Acting - laughable. Concept - WHAT THE F....???

Catastrophic

[guilbeaulte · 1/10 · 27 March 2021]

Nothing to see here... Bad acting, scenario, special effects. This movie is absolutely horrible. I cant give it a zero is the saedest thing....

Why are we still doing this?

[mommylady · 1/10 · 3 March 2022]

Why are we still writing movies accusing the only black characters in them of hallucinations and being absolutely brainless because they smoke weed? Why is this a false narrative that we are still, still in 2022 having to hear and see in movies? By about the fourth time someone accused this character of seeing things, hearing things, and even being a killer "cause he smokes weed" I turned it off. Bad writing. Bad bad writing. Bad acting. Bad story. Yuck.

I like Indy films, but...

[catwithafez · 3/10 · 16 March 2021]

Normally I stop watching bad movies within a few minutes but this one suckered me in. I wish it hadn't. The characters were shallow and stereotypical and it was very hard to believe that the contest winners had all taken an hours long drive in the same vehicle to get to the rafting launch without even introducing themselves to each other until they get out upon arrival. Still, the movie's premise had promise so I continued watching where I normally would have called it quits. The further the movies progressed the worse it got but I stuck it out just to find out what all the flashbacks were about. What a nonsensical disappointment. Just... wow. Maybe this will go on to be a cult film but I doubt it. I watch the classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes again the other day for the first time in decades and it was light years beyond Canyonlands. Perhaps I'll watch Canyonlands again in 35 years and see how it has aged. It did have promise after all.

YES!

[Indieluv · 8/10 · 11 March 2021]

Yesssss. Love indie horror flicks! CLASSIC. Acting/effects are indie. But sound and scenery is big screen.

Funny horror

[Critic21 · 6/10 · 11 March 2021]

Characters so purposely annoying I loved watching them get picked off one by one. That villain tho...gonna see him in my nightmares.

Very poor acting

[garjanuk · 2/10 · 9 March 2021]

Gave a two rating for the beautiful scenery, acting was terrible. And Mick Fleetwood has let himself go a bit.

Horrible. Like A Biden Presidency.

[wandernn1-81-683274 · 2/10 · 12 July 2022]

This movie is a political statement that tries to spend it's first half pretending to be some sort of horror movie. The statement being the miners came and took our land. It's a pathetic horror movie. I had to resist shutting it off with 23 minutes left.

And oh dear lord were those last 23 minutes SO HARD to watch. Such utter nonsense!!!

2/10.

Oh wow

[laineyawhite · 2/10 · 12 May 2022]

This movie is really bad. I wouldn't waste your time watching it it is Very boring and really drug out.

The only thing I can say that's good is the actors are alright lol.

Complete bore

[highflight-67060 · 1/10 · 25 February 2022]

This movie is total garbage. Full of fillers ugh and not much else. Not scary or even the least bit interesting for that matter.

If you value your time you wont stop for this mess.

Criticism sandwich

[angelowhite-16318 · 2/10 · 1 August 2022]

The idea of this movie was somewhat fresh and I was pretty optimistic going into the movie.

What makes this movie bad is how these characters were written. It's like they had a checklist for cliché characters: pothead, social media influencer, tough guy, nerd, and final girl. And it was written in such a way that these characters could not deviate away from their given trait. This ruined any depth or character development that this movie could have had.

I did enjoy the setting for this movie a lot. It was used really well with the plot of the movie. You also don't see too many horror movies in a setting where there is tons of open space.

Towards the end of the movie you can tell that they were grasping at straws to make it make sense. Just to throw a very bad twist ending in to kill the plot. It's a bad movie, and not the good bad kind. It's a bad, bad movie.

Pretty Lame

[rotini-52586 · 2/10 · 18 March 2021]

Why is it in every stupid horror movie.....they have the villain on the ground ...but never finish them off ? I know...then the movie would be over

Anyone passed the auditions in this group?...

[ezgolucky · 2/10 · 10 March 2021]

The story was plodding and the characters were dumb as rocks. Also, how did any of these actors passed the auditions? Continuing some pretty bad flicks of this year...

Awesome indie horror with 80s throwback

[ebright-37550 · 10/10 · 9 March 2021]

Loved the 80s feel. Brought me right back to Nightmare on Elm Street days. Scenery is awesome, overall solid indie horror