just watch it!

Just perfect...

Awesome Movie

Blistering performances.

I think we need a new MPAA classification for movies made by filmmakers of "questionable" qualification. Maybe "A" for Amateurish? "The Lodge" would be a prime candidate. To even classify it in the ranks of independent film is an insult to fledgling movie makers everywhere. The biggest showstopper is the script, which is flat-out horrendous. The capsule summary of the film goes something like "Lovers Michael and Julia set out for a romantic getaway that takes a turn for the worst after they meet the creepy caretaker." Yes, that's just about it, folks. There is precious little setup or exposition --- you know...the part where you build suspense? --- it's pretty much straight into the stalk-and-slash mixed with badly done gratuitous simulated rape and bondage scenes. It's more like a home video shot by a horny couple who want to skip the "boring" stuff and go straight to the tie-up games.The villain is nothing more than your standard pervy psycho, there's a ravaged half-nutso waif he uses as a sidekick/henchwoman, and a couple that alternate between too-boring-for-words and dumb-as-rocks.Some classic jaw-droppers: 1) Julia looks up at an ordinary attic door and says "WHAT'S THAT?" Her beau responds: "Creepy!" 2) After an clock radio has gone off in another room, Julia says: "Alarms just don't GO OFF for no reason!" Ah, yes they do, if they were set by someone else the day before. 3) Julia uses a cigarette lighter in the car to burn the villain...too bad she never activated it to heat it up. The list goes on, but I'm getting bored just regurgitating the info. The ending is beyond laughable, sloppy, or incoherent. Perhaps a mix of all three? Oh, and another thing kids? DON'T put everyone who helped fund your Junior College film project down as Associate Producers (there are at least 30). It's more than a little embarrassing, but sadly, par for the course here.

This one is just another B-class, low budget horror movie. It's quite disappointing, specially for someone who likes this type of stories. Here we've got a couple, who goes on a weekend trip to a house somewhere in the mountains. What was planned as a peaceful rest from living in the city happens to be a true nightmare with a dangerous psycho in a leading role... The problem with this film is that there is no suspense, no tension. What's more unpleasant: it isn't also gory. I cannot see any good reason for giving it a try. It's a kind of movie that you can watch on Thursday evening in TV during the break between making tea and making love to your girlfriend/wife/dog/apple pie. It's not even boring. It's just completely not interesting.

I know how difficult it is to make good and reasoned thrillers these days. It seems all the good plots and ideas are long ago taken.Yet, although this film was formula in some ways, it did escape some of the non sense of a slasher and chase, kill em all dead and bleed em dry blood feast.It always amazes me how stupid some people can be. For example, they rent a lodge, talk on phone to owner before, and are not greeted by him when they arrive. Bad MOON rising? Then the poor couple find nothing amiss with no key, an open door and finally a kitchen as if somebody had just run away from frying eggs and bacon?Come on, any average intelligence person would smell something very wrong from the get-go? Further they are careless with the cells, careless with their travel bags and act as if they are so dumb, Darwin and the audience is there hoping an ax will fall and out of the gene pool they'll be.However, on the bright side, this film was dumb and unrealistic, but at least when somebody is dead, they stay dead.Please don't buy this flick at the video mart, just rent it for a few good laughs.

What is the use of watching a thriller if you already know what is going to happen. Well,there could be some surprises thrown in that make it worth wile. Apart from a couple of creepy moments this movie has nothing interesting to offer. From the start you know how everything will play out. This could have been just fine if this movie delivered on other fronts. Apart from one element there are no redeeming factors. I can't talk about this element without spoiling the movie. But it does gives a bizarre twist on matters. Warning: Don't expect too much from this twist however since it is the most ridiculous twist I have seen. Some explanation could have made it more acceptable. Is this movie a waste of time? If there is nothing on television and you have nothing better to do than you won't be sorry. As long as you don't expect too much.