Director: Lola Devlin (as Lola Wallace)
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
After disappearing in the woods, a film crew looks into a case involving a couple’s disappearance while out hiking in the woods for a special honeymoon celebration which eventually reveals that they were attacked by deranged mountain men and were forced to take drastic measures to survive.
Review:
This was a pretty troubling feature that has a few decent aspects to it. The main element this one has going for it is a rather strong final half where the action picks up with the involvement of the psychotic woods people getting involved. The initial attack is quite strong with it coming out of nowhere and featuring the one lunging out of the woods to try to attack them forcing a brutal beatdown to finally stop it only for the other member to seek revenge for the attack on their mate. This leads to a solid series of chases and encounters throughout the woods as vicious and brutal confrontations take place. With these featuring some genuinely graphic and uncomfortable sequences of torture letting into the bloodletting on display, it manages to generate a few positive aspects of this.
There are some pretty big factors holding it back. It’s all about the story structure here where this one tends to feature unnecessary and useless mockumentary-style setup involving the series of interviews and talking-head news pieces that try to paint the picture of the two having gone missing with no sign of what’s going on. However, it ruins the surprise of what’s going on at the very end by injecting these momentum-sapping sequences that just do nothing to move this one along into any kind of interest. It also causes the first half to feel immensely sluggish and bland waiting around for something to happen as not only do we have the rather fun relationship aspect but also the interjecting news bits that drag it out for no reason. It’s the main aspect that ends up holding this down.
Overview: **/5
A watchable if generally underwhelming feature, this one has something to like that holds it up over a rather big series of issues that end up holding this one back considerably. Those with an interest in this aspect of the genre or are curious about it will have the most to like while most others out there might want to heed caution for other entries first.
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