On Sara's birthday, her homicidal brother Kurt beats their mom to death with a baseball bat and is sent to a mental institution. 13 years later, he escapes and plans to hunt his sister down, who just happens to be camping in the woods with her friends. Sara & Kurt's father, who's also the small town's sheriff is also after his deranged son in this low-budget horror/thriller.
One would be excused for thinking that this was some lame Halloween clone after watching the first ten minutes or so. The truth is while this film DOES share quite a bit with that aforementioned film, this movie is perfectly capable of standing on it's own to feet. The acting, while never Oscar-caliber (not that i would expect that) is still fairly well done. And I found that the film kept my interest throughout. At almost two hours, it DOES wear thin and drag a bit (the editor could have cut 15 minutes or so off). I've seen much worse movies in this genre. This is good enough for a rent at the least.
Eye Candy: Alena Dashiell gets topless
My Grade: C+
Lionsgate DVD Extras: Commentary by Writer/Directors Norbert Caoili & Rob Portmann and writer/producer Kurt Svennungsen; 13 & a half minute Making of the film; 5 minutes on how they did the 'head bash' scene; 5 minutes on the post-production; an ad for Break.com; a trailer for this movie; and trailers for "the Last Resort", "Dead Wood", "Necessary Evil" & "Cravings"
One would be excused for thinking that this was some lame Halloween clone after watching the first ten minutes or so. The truth is while this film DOES share quite a bit with that aforementioned film, this movie is perfectly capable of standing on it's own to feet. The acting, while never Oscar-caliber (not that i would expect that) is still fairly well done. And I found that the film kept my interest throughout. At almost two hours, it DOES wear thin and drag a bit (the editor could have cut 15 minutes or so off). I've seen much worse movies in this genre. This is good enough for a rent at the least.
Eye Candy: Alena Dashiell gets topless
My Grade: C+
Lionsgate DVD Extras: Commentary by Writer/Directors Norbert Caoili & Rob Portmann and writer/producer Kurt Svennungsen; 13 & a half minute Making of the film; 5 minutes on how they did the 'head bash' scene; 5 minutes on the post-production; an ad for Break.com; a trailer for this movie; and trailers for "the Last Resort", "Dead Wood", "Necessary Evil" & "Cravings"