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My recommendation and what the plot is about


If you're just looking for a good, scary, gotcha, spooky horror flick to entertain you, I do recommend this movie. If you're looking for the world's best-written and filmed horror films, this isn't it. I always judge a movie if I was entertained. I walked out of the theater feeling well-spooked and entertained. Of course this wasn't a great horror flick. It was meant to entertain by shock and to make money. Simple.

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My opinion of the movie's plot is that it is based on the SEVEN MORTAL SINS, not all of which are represented by the hapless victims in the movie.

The plot essentially represents how ANGER can grow to murderous rage when fueled by the other mortal sins, like LUST and GLUTTONY.

There's a lot of LUST in the action to generate the anger and rage that causes the vacationers to turn on each other. The lust leads to mistrust, suspicion, possessiveness, anger, then murderous rage. There is a curious twist on GLUTTONY. Gluttony does not necessarily allude to only over-eating. It can refer to HEDONISM. One of the main characters, Mike, is intensely disliked by the group, but tolerated because of the financial favors and help he has bestowed on individuals within the group. But it doesn't make him popular, quite the opposite. Mike is not fat. He's not into drugs, eating, and only some drinking. But after inheriting his late father's money, he has become morally and ethically lax. He is generous with his funds to the people in the group of young adults, but he has been boorish and insensitive and more or less bought the friendship of some of the individuals who still dislike him for his egregious behavior.

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Over-intellectualising doesn't make it any better. Even horror films need to be well written, well acted, well directed and well produced. This fails on all counts. A pig's ear is still a pig's ear.


...it's just another dumb film, get over it.

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