Must See Movie...

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a pooh pooh movie. It is not scary. It has an awful story line. It has awful acting. It a pooh pooh movie. Pooh pooh pooh. It you want to get scared see Sleep Hollow (1999) do not see this movie.

may contain spoilers This is a really good movie and is surprisingly a low budget film and you don't even realize it. The acting is very good, the teens are appealing and are very good actors and fit perfectly for this movie. The plot line and development is really good and keeps you hooked through out the entire movie. The scare factor of this movie keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time for you to be ready to jump. The only negative to this movie is it might be just a little difficult to follow through but if you keep up it is an excellent movie. The filming is pretty decent and the setting is really good. The only other thing is the lighting is a little dim to see in some parts of the movie where it is darker. This is an over all good movie defiantly and enjoyable viewing Just be ready for the ending.

Spunky Jesse (fetching Christina Caron), her sweet sister Kayla (foxy Freya Ravensbergen), Kayla's affable and thoughtful boyfriend Dean (nicely played by Matt Turner), and Dean's best bud Tobe (likable Jon Deitcher) venture into the deep woods in order to rest and relax at a summer getaway cottage. However, the quartet wind up running afoul of a mysterious sinister and supernatural force haunting the immediate area. Writer/director Michael Penning relates the compelling story at a steady pace, makes effectively creepy use of the remote sylvan setting, and ably builds a spooky atmosphere that becomes more increasingly bleak, eerie, and unnerving as the narrative unfolds towards a shockingly grim surprise conclusion. The four main characters are all well acted, appealing, and, most importantly, realistically drawn (for example, one guy breaks down and cries after discovering the mangled body of his friend). Geoff Klein's sharp cinematography gives the picture an impressively polished look. Penning's spare'n'shuddery score likewise does the shivery trick without ever getting too obtrusive or overbearing. The startling moments of sudden savage violence pack a pretty nasty punch. The tight 74 minute running time ensures that this movie doesn't overstay its welcome. Well worth a watch.

A slightly better than passable B grade movieThe storyline isn't bad but never seems to be completely fulfilled. Nevertheless, the movie kept me interested till the end. So, let's start with the acting:The acting, overall, wasn't bad with the exception of a couple of minor characters. While professional, the acting lacked polish but was overall believable (for the most part).Plot development: Plot development was definitely lacking in this film with the main characters doing some truly unexplainable things in this movie. It seems like the screenwriter went out of his way to make the plot less than believable. From the scene where one of the characters inexplicably removes the car keys from his friends backpack (preventing escape of course) to the placement of a butchers knife in the bedroom, leaving a convenient, if inexplicable, murder weapon, the plot elements were not placed well. All of these things could have been accomplished without resorting to cliché' or unbelievable behavior.Photography: I thought this was the most professional part of the film. The camera work was very well done and allowed for some excitement in what could have otherwise been some rather boring scenes.Directing: I think the director did the best with what he had to work with. I think a slightly better script with better placement of plot elements to move the story along would have given this movie a much better rating but I still enjoyed it overall.