Director: Adam Newman
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Trying to have a weekend trip together, a group of girlfriends are coerced into joining a group of frat guys at a mountain lodge where they’re holding a special party, but when they start to believe the men have invited them there for a different reason must try to solve it and leave before it happens.
Review:
This was an abominably awful genre effort without much to like here. The only positive to be had here is the final few minutes where it actually has something going on that requires genuine genre thrills. Realizing what the full extent of the gathering is about, the occult ritual and demonic creature being summoned has a great atmosphere to go along with some frenetic action involving the bodies getting ripped apart in a gruesome fashion. The imagery and atmosphere of what’s going on makes for a fun time here with this being the only part where something happens and the bloodshed occurs, but it’s still not enough with it being too little too late.
There’s quite a lot to dislike with this one. The irritating characters that are impossible to care about or root for with their braindead banter or holier-than-thou attitudes, mysterious dialog that’s supposedly meant to be funny, or the sheer lack of anything thrilling happening makes this one excruciating to get through. As none of the characters are unlikable, with the girls being obnoxious party girls willing to do anything at the drop of a hat because their company has money and the sensible one is a wet-blanket worry-wart upset over any change of plans while the men are hierarchy-focused beta-males trying to carry out this secretive ritual that is never explained so the group here is immensely hard to get behind.
On top of that, there’s nothing here that’s really all that focused on the antics of the group that it doesn’t have much of anything interesting happening. With the majority of the running time spent on getting the group established, what the ceremonial gathering is about, and the different interactions possible, it takes so long before anything gets spelled out and revealed that it’s just not entirely exciting anymore. With so much of the running time spent on aspects not even remotely interesting at all and a group of characters we’re not in the slightest bit interested in, these elements all manage to drag this one down incredibly well.
Overview: 0.5/5
An absolutely abysmal effort with virtually no positives, there’s so little to like here that it’s not really worth giving this one a shot as there are too many factors present regardless of what they’re interested in. Only the most ardent and discriminating fans of this style will find something to like here while most others out there should avoid this one altogether.
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