What a beautiful movie!

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Colin & four of his friends undertake a road trip to Mexico to locate a remote beach where his surfer brother Tyler is camping in, the promise of uninterrupted waves being on the agenda. But after arriving at the beach, they find that Tyler & his group are not there – only their vehicles & belongings are left behind with all the food missing. One of the group, Lucky, goes missing while exploring the area. After searching for him, Colin & his friends find Lucky's missing camcorder. They turn it on & find that Lucky had discovered the mutilated bodies of Tyler's companions & was promptly attacked by crazed people. As night falls, the four remaining friends are assaulted by wild crazed people who are the victims of El Gringo, a cult leader thought dead who haunts the area, turning any foreigners into cannibals by his eyes.Trespassers was one of a long line of independent horror films made by wannabe filmmakers who have gotten hold of a camcorder & some money & roping in a few friends for actors & production personnel. This low-budget approach is a time-honoured tradition – many of the best horror films throughout history, from THE EVIL DEAD to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, used exactly the same setup.However, unlike those two classic examples, Trespassers is something of a disappointment, although it isn't particularly terrible – more of a mediocre effort that has a reasonable idea – surfers head to a beach that is cursed territory, later attacked by crazed cannibals led by a cult leader who judges people's fate by his eyes – but fails to make much use of that premise. I've heard some people call this a zombie film, which might be halfway applicable if you use the term very loosely.Trespassers is undone somewhat by a lack of technical polish. Again, this need be not a liability – many classic horror films had a certain roughness that added to the charm – but without the talent to use it effectively. There is a modest atmosphere to be had in the film, but the use of camcorders as primary equipment for the film hurts the film's chances since camcorders (or whatever equipment they used for the stock, which is full of digital grain & a noticeable lack of resolution, which really defies any effort to gauge what is going on in the dark) have severe limitations in the film department – they belong to home movies, not professional genre films.That said, Trespassers works a fair bit in the horror department. Director Ian McCrudden uses the empty lands of Mexican coastlines & abandoned buildings to decent effect, generating some much needed atmosphere for the film. The actors do a relatively professional job & the characters are modestly drawn. I found the idea of the film's exposition being delivered in Spanish by a fisherman the friends head to as interesting, but in translation by one of the cast, it loses some fidelity. The "zombie" attacks are done mostly offscreen & with little to no gore, losing the film some much needed marks.

From the first frame the low-budget roots of this movie glare you right in the face, with the sort of photography you might find in "Blair Witch Garbage". However, the very surprising thing was the fact that the acting and dialogue were quite a bit above average for a very cheap teen horror film. Particularly Joleigh Fioreavanti stands out, but then again, I'd say that, wouldn't I, being partial to beautiful women. The build-up to the horror scenes is perhaps more fun than the action itself, although the background-story scenes relating to the cult are well done. There are some obligatory silly scenes, though not too many, like when the love-birds make out – less than an hour after seeing some of their friends torn to pieces. Just a little word of advice to the director: do not sing songs on your own movie soundtracks – ever again. What a crappy voice

This movie on the back says that it is in vein of Dawn of the dead and Shaun of the Dead. Somebody lied!! This movie is completely opposite. The only good thing about this movie is that the girls in it looked good. The rest had really nothing to do with zombies. Do Not rent even if your bored. Stay Bored, go play with yourself or something, anything would be better than this crap. Now I will say this; the weird guy with the camera, i think his name was lucky, got to see the girl topless and then recorded it on the camera. Whats funny though is the fact that 5 seconds later we see him sitting on a rock by himself playing a challenging game of pocket pool, but before he can finish flogging the dolphin he gets scared and runs away. Even though this is sick it just shows that if this was the best part of the movie imagine what the rest of the movie is like.

This is my first review ever, what a way to start where no one has posted anything yet so here it goes. without knowing much by the DVD cover i didn't know what to expect even though it said "in the vein of dawn of the dead, Shaun of the dead as well as other zombie movies." so i said hey why not it's only $11.00, but after viewing it i think i should have waited a little longer. The story involves a group of friends going to Mexico to surf at an abandoned beach, getting their they find no one is there, so what do they do strip down and surf and have a sex filled week (more on the line of a teenage boy surfing through porn) you get to see the only girl you want to see topless. later when one vanishes they look to find his video camera lying on the beach (farther away then he dropped it.) to see something grabbed him, and try to figure out where Colin's brother went to, then the rest of the movie is pretty much a tale of terror where Javier and the girl with him (forgot name) get information about the past of the beach by a store clerk, where this man and followers lived on the beach and prayed to god for (I think) entry, they never ate real food just what the tide would bring in until one day he brings food and everyone devours it, then they realize he was bringing children from town, well they get man and do a horrendous act by placing him in the sand with his head out and cut his eyelids off while facing the sun, as he was there he prayed for help, but got the wrong religious man, but took the offer so he could take revenge on anyone who comes near his beach. when the corpses of fellow boarders come back to life they do what "kill" which isn't much of a climax, after a few die only two are left to leave and fight off the dead (which is choppy by how the camera is moving so fast to catch all the action)none the less once they leave on the dirt bike which was left there they meet the pact leader to decide there fate. This is a well put together movie with a decent amount of blood, some nudity, and it's a zombie flick but the bad thing is it gets old fast they all have the mind of a 12 year old, with to much sex related humor, and the acting is so-so, its decent but not a must maybe a rental instead.4/10