In
1980, two twin sibling children were
kidnapped by satanic killers and using
dead animals for their blood and one of
them manages to escape but is badly
scarred on what happened through the
years.
Twenty five years have passed and a group
of of six friends try to rekindle their
friendship by taking a canoe ride and
camp out near a wooded area of Thornwood
and find out that the locals are a little
strange.
Then when night comes around the satanic
cult seems to reside there and then they
repeat their killings in many grizzly
ways with no escape and becoming victims
of their sacrifice's.
I didn't know what
to expect from this movie as at first it
seemed like a documentarty on different
types of events first off showing someone
talking about the church of Satan and
other types of stuff which looked a bit
kookie as well as someone having their
face look blank not revealing themsevles
crying and discussing on what happened to
them which seemed disturbing with the
topics making you think that all of this
is real. Of course this wasn't based on a
true story nor was it a reality show but
based on real life events.
There's some great disturbing moments
with a child tied up for a sacrifice with
dead animals hung around trees which can
shock any viewer but yet when the cult
members perform this ritual it seems
quite cheesy nonetheless but still with
all that's happening the writing on this
can still make you cringe by watching
making any animal lover not.
There's great spooky moments with one of
the survivors now fully grown hearing a
voice calling her which looked
impressive.
There's also many good moments like horny
campers being used for a sacrifice which
looked quite crafty and cheesily intense
like with the cult members hooded which
was a nice feel to one of the plotlines.
There's other moments with one of the
main characters smoking weed which looked
pretty convincing and adding some humor
to the storyline too after all the
intense sacrifices used in the film.
There's also a moment with a backwoods
person who almost seems like a metally
retarded fellow and an untrustworthy type
too. This was another great pointer for
the horror story wondering if he knows
about these satanic killers.
Then the friends getting together trying
to find food for camping out looked
impressive too as this doesn't seem like
your everyday locals which is another
unsolved mystery to the story which was
very impressive too. There's very little
supplies of groceries and one of them
complaining about it and the cashier
getting aggressive with them looks a bit
psychological since there's times you run
into these types who don't like their
jobs as well as being closed minded
weaving an impression that maybe they're
behind the horror of this plot as well as
some bumbling locals at the store which
seems like a Texas Chainsaw
Massacre feel to all of this
too. The surroundings make you cringe big
time as you want to keep watching for
more of this and the strange neighbors
with this wooded area too.
Then there's a lesbian scene in which
these two women were supposed to have
been straight and having their soulmates
as you think to yourself "What the
hell????" I mean that didn't make
sense at all but it looked good
nonetheless. Then suddenly out of nowhere
one of them is slaughtered and then the
cult killers kills the next one. You just
wonder how this killer came out of
nowhere but again that looked very crafty
and psyching you out a great deal. The
results looked like a grizzly piece of
art too.
Then there's the final confrontation at
the satanic church which seemed exciting
but at times the performances needed
improvemen. But the cult members are
revealing themselves which seems shocking
and making anyone scared on who to trust
these days. Plus it left a door open for
a sequel in which I hope there will be
one.
Bottom line is the story seems confusing
at first but it's a great one to watch
even if sometimes the performances are a
bit cheesy and a must to anyone who likes
disturbing and shocking horror movies
from the 70's and 80's seeming like a
tribute to those types that involves with
santanic rituals which seems so real.
The acting seemed a bit too
average for the most part but these cast
members try their best to pull it off. Cyn
Dulay (Karen) seemed to try her best
by freaking out and screaming in which
she seemed slightly amateruish while
doing all of this but yet she does well
by trying to not act disturbed by certain
things happening with all the events.
Tom Lodewyck (Greg) has the good
masculine nice guy looks as the boyfriend
and he can pull off a character fairly
well with all he has to do in the film
showing great energy to his role as well
as showing nice aggressions and intensity
when necessary for a certain scene too.
He is just passable portraying a
character actor.
Kymberly Harris (Kym Richards) was
another fine character actress with the
nice clean look to her appeal and
innocent attitude too. She knew on how to
act disturbed by her past life and shows
a great emotional attitude too. She made
her part very believeable.
Melissa Chirello-Wood (Lisa Lazro)
really brought a god demanding attitude
to her role as well as coming across
nicely to her lustful side with a lesbian
attitude in which she drew a strong
performance by playing that sort of part
into it which really makes you wonder
about her behavior.
Andy Schatner (Neil) played a good
pothead in his role as he knew how to
speak gruffly and act like a total
goofball. He really made his part come to
life with everything. He also does well
tripping out after he drinks some blood
like he was totally intoxicated as well as a great grossed out reaction on him.
Karl Sundstrom (Norville) played a
great key role as a backwoods redneck in
the film with his creepy behavior making
you wonder if he's behind this whole mess
with the cult ceremony. It makes you
wonder if he has some learning
disabilities. He certainly put alot of
energy and effor into all of this and
portrayed a nice horror type of
character.
Holly Ilne Sari is
barebreasted while fornicating with her
on screen boyfriend along with being tied
up for a sacrifice.
Cyn Dulay has her top taken off
breasts revealed.
Lots of slaughtered animals
are hung from a tree during different
segments of this movie.
Various bloodied corpses.
Various bloody stabbing with a metal
dagger.
A metal object is stabbed through a
persons head.
A decapitated head is hung on a string.
A hand is chopped off.
There's alot of
deep synthesizer music along with the odd
screeching sounds. There's many dark type
music played in the film which really
blends in with the story making every
moment sound incredibly effective and
cringing. |