Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Backwoods Movie Review 45



This movie is another movie about city folk wandering into the countryside and being terrorised by the uncivilized yokels they find there! It is becoming a bit of a cliche, but it is entertaining all the same. This movie stars Haylie Duff and Ryan Merriman and it is directed by Marty Weiss who hasn't directed much.Watch the trailer here.
  So, the movie begins with a couple in the woods camping. They are attacked and brought to a place where the guy is murdered and the girl is impregnated by some giant guy. We cut to some people from a company led by Mark Till who are going on a paint balling weekend to build their survival skills etc. The employees are looking forward to it and they think that it will be fun. So, they set off into the countryside and they are broken into two groups, Alpha and Bravo. That night, one of the guys, Adam(Merriman) hears a noise and goes to investigate. There is nothing to be seen.
 The next day, they begin their paint balling fun. One team are having fun and they see someone walking through the woods. They think that it is one of the other team but it isn't. They are not alone out here in the woods.....They come upon an abandoned house and they poke around. They are captured by people with weapons. They are taken to some place underground where the men are put in cages and the women are taken away and used for childbearing. We find out that the leader of this group is called 'Mother' and that she runs the cult. She uses young girls and gets her son to impregnate them and add to her 'family'. The cult mistakenly thought that the group of employees were FBI agents who were trying to take their land from them..
  One by one, the employees are killed or they get caught by the cult. Lee(Duff) is taken also and she is taken away to be raped by the giant guy. Adam is the only one who can help her and they escape and try to run with all of the cult following them.. They are shot at and they are almost captured many times, but they get away. They are finally rescued and the real FBI go in to find out what is happening in the woods. Mother has been killed and most of the others have died too. But, there is someone who survived.....
 This movie was entertaining with some good scares. The plot was a bit silly in places, but the film was well-made and enjoyable. I am going to give it an 7/10.

5 comments:

Backwood said...

Love to watch Horror movie. Usually ilike every horror movie. This is also one of my good movie. Jonathan Chase has played his role well done.

movies said...

lots of Cliche, weird storyline, some scares, some screams - well, this is the way the horror movie has to be these days! :) you gotta enjoy it!

Susan Leighton said...

This seems like a Wrong Turn kind of situation. When I saw Haylie Duff, I thought Hilary was busy and then I thought from this to the Food Channel. I would probably sit through this film. Looks like a premise that is familiar but still enjoyable. As always, nice review.

Amanda said...

Thanks, yes it is like Wrong Turn or Hills Have Eyes. That sort of 'Hillbilly meets city slickers' type of movie. It was good fun though and I did enjoy it. I was surprised to see Haylie Duff in it. I would not have pictured her being in a horror movie really. She seems a bit too 'sweet' for this type of film!!!

Susan Leighton said...

Maybe that was the point, lol. Never saw her as Final Girl material.

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