Director: Andrea M. Catinella
Year: 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Heading out to a remote campground, a group of girlfriends hope to use the trip for a series of birthday celebrations within the group, which is soon interrupted by the presence of a mammoth, inhuman killer with a pig mask, killing anyone who enters his territory, including them.
Review:
This was a rather solid and enjoyable slasher effort. One of the better aspects of this one is the rather fun storyline that provides quite a nice bit of slashing and other fun antics to come about. The setup in the woods involving the group arriving at a campground retreat in the area to partake in a series of celebrations at the cabins there for a friends’ birthday and learning from the caretaker that the area is home to a ravenous killer of local lore who wears a vicious pig-mask sets this one up quite nicely. With the main part involving how the group goes about trying to enjoy the weekend while being slowly abducted and taken away by the killer after escaping from the transport designed to kill him and slaughtering everyone in the woods he comes across as a result of an attempt to capture the most desirable for breeding purposes with his indestructible genetic makeup, this all manages to bring together traditional backwoods brutality with some nice modern touches.
That’s all matched by the brutality and gore on display, with the kills here being suitably dark and graphic. The sheer hulking size of the masked killer puts a lot of that in motion, as does the main weapon involving a metal hook being rammed into various body parts, creating a series of fun set pieces here. From the screwing couple in the woods, the attack on the friend in the shower, or the abduction out in the woods taking some of them hostage back to their hideout where the real torture starts, the senses here are generally fun involving the overtly graphic outcomes being depicted. It’s all generally fun and frantic once the whole thing starts, which is the one minor issue with the film, as there’s not much in the way of interest in what’s going on as the group goes through the stages of their arrival and hangs around the cabin. The bickering, self-centered troop isn’t that interesting to follow, as they misinterpret everything and pick on each other for most of the first half, making it hard to get into this one. With the low budget on display as well, these are what bring it down.
Overview: ***/5
A generally solid if somewhat flawed genre outing, there’s a lot to like here in terms of slashing antics that do overcome some but not all of the issues present within here. Those with an interest in this particular style or who are curious about it will have the most to like here, while most others out there might want to heed caution.
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