The other reviews are kind of on both sides of the map...but I gave it a middling high score because the Horror is really an aside to the mounting tension between the erstwhile friends after a tragic death during a robbery. This is really a story about a group of friends going thru a horror gauntlet that sorely tests the bonds of their friendship.
1-- Young guys will talk about 'What they would do if they suddenly found themselves in a dangerous situation...' But as an adult, you realize that such talk is just immature testosterone...because in truth, you really NEVER want such a situation to ever arise. Because what you may see in your friend's choice of action will never be erased from your mind's eye.
2-- The setting is simple. The Forest is the first and primal abode of 'Dangerous Things' from the elder days when Men huddled around a fire. This movie very nicely plays on that shifting sense of being stalked. And thru it all, the guys were portrayed as believable buddy blokes...so yeah, the dialogue can seem a bit short.
3-- I've read other reviews that panned the creature...but seriously, in today's age, we've pretty much seen every imaginable monster that can be put on the screen. In good Horror, the Monster doesn't have to 'Make Sense'... They are really just 'Forces of Nature'. The story is in how the characters react to its power.
A Blockbuster? Not Really. But good choice for a quiet, late Friday night.
1-- Young guys will talk about 'What they would do if they suddenly found themselves in a dangerous situation...' But as an adult, you realize that such talk is just immature testosterone...because in truth, you really NEVER want such a situation to ever arise. Because what you may see in your friend's choice of action will never be erased from your mind's eye.
2-- The setting is simple. The Forest is the first and primal abode of 'Dangerous Things' from the elder days when Men huddled around a fire. This movie very nicely plays on that shifting sense of being stalked. And thru it all, the guys were portrayed as believable buddy blokes...so yeah, the dialogue can seem a bit short.
3-- I've read other reviews that panned the creature...but seriously, in today's age, we've pretty much seen every imaginable monster that can be put on the screen. In good Horror, the Monster doesn't have to 'Make Sense'... They are really just 'Forces of Nature'. The story is in how the characters react to its power.
A Blockbuster? Not Really. But good choice for a quiet, late Friday night.