Horror films, as a genre, have always cannibalized one another. It's a fairly rare thing to see an actual new idea in horror. When a new idea does come about, the film makes a mark.. and is then copied repeatedly. This film is NOT one of those unique horror films.
If you've ever wanted to explain how horror films cannibalize each other, this film is a PERFECT example of creating a horror film without one single unique idea and just using a collection of stolen plots and motivations from OTHER films strung together.
This film starts with 10 minutes of just random back story to try and set up some history - using a concept taken from the movie "Seven".
Then it goes on to a typical young adult road trip ultimately ending up in a "Cabin in the Woods".
It's a very odd choice to put the title sequence here..... 20 minutes into the film.....
Then the story continues a la "I Know What you Did Last Summer" in addition to borrowing heavily from the "Saw" and "Scream" franchise.
.... a callback to "Seven" (Or perhaps "The Collector")... and then "Scream" again.... and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Again...
Acting was a mix of terrible to passable. But as a story it was just a bad copy of every popular horror concept from the past.
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