natural_born_cynic Stunning. The twist... I admit, I watched this movie a LONG time ago, but it had such a profound effect on me... I can hardly explain it.The ending... Where the locals end up being ghosts... and so are they... and they find their own bodies... thinking back on the section of the movie I'd already seen...I'm just so glad I found this movie again, as I forgot the title. I honestly recommend this movie to be watched more widely. The title is quite tacky, and it really does deserve a better title.I will now go buy this movie online, and wait patiently for it to arrive; because having it on my shelf will be a small sort of collector's achievement for me.

Woodyanders Stop me if you haven't heard this one before. Amiable twentysomething best buds Grant (the engaging John Barker) and Paul (the equally personable Dwayne Cameron) go on a cross country weekend drive down to the beach. The pair decide to take an ill-advised short cut by using an off-the-beaten path dusty dirt road. Naturally they experience car trouble. And of course they run afoul of a sinister bunch of lethal murderous backwoods hicks. So far, so familiar and by-the-numbers predictable. Thankfully, writer/director Greg Page masterfully pulls one doozy of a novel, startling and unexpected supernatural twist on this generic fright film scenario which in turn gives the movie a substantial lift out of your run-of-the-mill formula horror fare. To reveal more would spoil the tasty surprises to be found within this genuinely fresh, crafty and inspired little sleeper. The picture further benefits from the truly likable and well-developed main characters, Bret Nichols' gorgeously lush, polished cinematography, the beautiful, yet lonely, remote and forbidding sylvan scenery, Victoria Kelly's classy, moody score, the lively and enthusiastic acting from a charming and attractive cast, a funky thrashin' rock soundtrack, a steady pace, an eerie and mysterious tone which becomes more creepy and nightmarish as the film progresses, and even a very potent and moving element of striking poignancy. A really fine and impressive debut feature.

chauncy747 The acting was horrible it was one of the worst movies I ever seen. The storyline made no sense. The filming was good. Maybe if they used better actors it would of been more interesting. Throughout the entire movie I was not scared nor did any of the scenes make me jump. The main characters of the movie seriously should consider going too, or going back too acting school. None of the locals made sense on how they got there, I don't get how you can make a movie when none of it makes no sense at all. Todays horror movies are a huge upset in my opinion. Maybe if these new directors would be more time and thought into their movies horror would reach back into the top again.

fertilecelluloid There is a germ of a good idea here, but it is never fully or skilfully developed. Instead, it is completely undone by flat, awful performances and confused, uninspired direction.Some of the time it felt like I was watching a G-rated version of "Dead and Buried" or "Night of The Living Dead". At other times, I was watching a G-rated "Deliverance".Director Greg Page creates no suspense from a script (which he wrote) that has no characterization or believable interaction between the cardboard cut-out characters. It is as if he rolled cameras on a barely baked first draft and improvised his way through the inconsistencies in editing.I wanted to like this flick because I like many New Zealand films (UTU, BRAIN DEAD, DEATH WARMED UP, SMASH PALACE, ONCE WERE WARRIORS, GOODBYE PORK PIE), but it bored me sh**less.Perhaps in his second feature outing, Mr. Page will hire a director of photography who does not light every night scene like the interior of a 7/11 and perhaps, just perhaps, he'll hire a good script editor, lose the irritating rock music cues and cast real actors, not the embarrassing idiots pretending to be characters here.Rubbish.