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another crappy flick.

posted 17 years ago by loser_2000
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I actually started to enjoy this slasher flick, but alas my enjoyment was very brief. The beginning wasn't bad and I was actually suprised on how quick the killer got to work, but the overwhelming acts of stupidity of the victims quickly surpassed any enjoyment I was having. Can anyone tell me WHY the two guys stranded on the road had to walk all the way into the woods to take a piss? Just who were they afraid of being watched by! For crying out loud just take a piss by the car. Then the brilliant idea of some of the survivors to go looking for thier friends when they already know at least two are dead. Just get in the van and leave DUH. And just how many times do these idiots have to knock the killer out before they realize that maybe they ought to deliver a killing blow when they have him down. When people are this stupid you have to consider mating restrictions because I don't possibly see how they could ever survive as adults.

[–] rfowlkes05 17 years ago

Haha, yeah, I agree with everything you just said! And why did they never go back to get those two guys? After an hour or so, you think they'd get the bright idea to go and check on them, see if their car was working right.

I have a bad feeling about this....

[–] FCA1975 17 years ago

LMAO You both took some of the words out of my mouth.

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In this day and age, what girl wants to risk getting STD's and afraid of rabbits!? WTF? Also, I liked how there was no time wasitng of folks getting cut up. I thought this Nicole chicks was going to be super hot the way they kept amping up her looks and all, but she was the least attractive one in the bunch. She had those dark bags under her eyes and funky skin - like a cheap knockoff of SMG. The torn, frozen nipple laying in the snow was original (?) and was hillarious. In fact, the film has some other original death ideas, or atleast seldomly seen in films. The movie is stupid because all these people are getting killed up and disappearing, and no one is leaving, going to call the police, or sees nothing right in front of their eyes. Then they finally figure it out and try to leave when it's dark. And just like so many of these silly horror movies, people split up and get lost in the midst of a psycho on the loose!? Also beating someone with a rotten branch, when you have both an ax and a gun to do the job - that's just Fin' stupid. This had to be one of the most annoying films I have ever seen. Then they have a dumber than Barney Fife hick for a cop that is even more clueless than these ididotic students are. It's pretty bad when you get to the point of watching a movie that you don't care what happens to anyone in the movie, except that they die and not be able to breed any more. Oh but wait, it was all a freaking mind control event!

Bah Humbug!

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[–] NerdTastic 17 years ago

I totally I agree... With its poorly written script and less than mediocre acting, i found myself getting quite bored 5 mins into the movie. The killing was great though and was the only thing that made watching this movie worthwhile...that and watching my friends freak out wilst seeing the girl on girl action...which btw, was totally pointless and had nothing to do with the script...but wutev...

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[–] motkop 17 years ago

The ending was what bothered me most about it as well, it was sòòò obvious they were going to do a "déjà vu"-sequence to try and give it an original (hm-hm) & exciting (Zzzzz...) end. The cover really caught my attention (although it's a different one than shown here on imdb) & promised a whole lot of Saw-like images that were nowhere to be found in the movie. I still don't see the connection between the cover & the movie, but that's probably just me. The script was horrible & as stupid as it can get. Honoustly, you would expect psychology students to be a bit more clever, but again, maybe that's just me. The killer looked kind of cool, but I always like my psycho's to stick to one weapon (eg. Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers). The image of an "eskimo axe murderer" was pretty cool, but to make it work, they'd have to rewrite the whole damn thing. I'll give it some credit for the bunny trap leg splitting scene, its cover & the eskimo, but that's it. I can really enjoy a good bad movie, but this one was just plain stupid. I hàte movies that try too hard to outsmart themselves & end up only showing how stupid they really are. Stick to what you know & just make a slasher flick instead of pushing the "psychological thriller" thing too far!

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[–] nickilancaster 17 years ago

I totally agree with you. Your comment about Final Destination made me laugh, you are so right! What a waste of time this film is.

[–] Festis-1 16 years ago

What annoyied me is:

- The killer seem to have some kind of teleport throughout the movie, and wasn't realistic at all, he was stabbed and shot, but ran like he was a sprinter ^_^

- The guy who died in the bathtube. It was a room in size of like 2x2 squaremeters, yet the killer kept playing with him back and forth..also when he drowned him, the bathtube went from empty to FULL in the blink of an eye, not so realisitic.

- The guy who died the last. Speaks about sex all the time..makes the movie so "B", i mean c'mon, every1 around him are dying, even himself and he talks about his damn relationships..

- STUPID characters. In the end of the movie when the 2 girls + guy sleep in that ruined house. WHY on earth does she leave and fight the killer alone
for instance

[–] elixiress 16 years ago

yeah,and when the killer steps on the dude's face till it cracks in the bathroom, he walks around with no sight of bloody footsteps. Most of the crime-bloodshed scenes are hardly believable.

[–] dre627 15 years ago

- The killer seem to have some kind of teleport throughout the movie, and wasn't realistic at all, he was stabbed and shot, but ran like he was a sprinter ^_^

Since the movie was based on a dream and the ending gave the impression that the events would come to life, I'm curious as to how the professor would've been able to do this in "real" world.

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[–] Brooklynkanye 12 years ago

OMG yes..i watched this movie more than half way through ..I started watchin the movie when the main character, the girl, Nicole?, was looking for her friends and they all died and she got on that snowmobile and drove away..that scene pissed me off. I mean the killer was at the cabin chasing after her then all of a sudden he pushes her off of the mobile? Like how did he make it there in time? Then she falls, and gets right back up running. (???) She then see's people & yells to the people ice skating and they dont hear her..but why stop running??? i dnt get it..she just stopped there screaming then he grabs her.

Then we find out its a psychology experiment..ughhh THEN,they really go to the woods and that one girl & her boyfriend are playing in the snow. Then all of sudden he dissapears..smh..how did u NOT see him? its daylight..smh

from all of our comments, its not even worth watching from the beginning..

[–] DomsDad 12 years ago

Spoiler below:

Since it all a dream, nothing has to make any sense and any thing can change at any moment, so all continuity and logical errors are out the window. Aren't any screenwriters embarrassed to use the "it was a dream" crutch any more?

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