After exams at
a college a bunch of students led by a
guy named Paul (Rider Strong) go to a
cabin for a vacation.
While they are on their way there they
stop at a corner store run by a weird
gang of rednecks along with a young
mentally disturbed boy named Dennis
(Matthew Helms) is sitting on the front
porch and bites one of the student
travellers on the hand.
Then when they arrive there someone by
the name of Bert (James DeBello) decides
to go hunting for squirrels with a rifle
and accidentally shoots a hermit (Arie
Verveen) who is badly infected but still
alive from the shot.
Bert takes off and decides to keep his
encounter with the hermit a secret but
later on the hermit pays a visit to the
cabin and says he needs a doctor but
everyone freaks out as he tries to stow
away in their truck and he gets burned to
death as one of them lights him on fire.
Then one by one they get the virus when
they drink the water there and struggle
to stay alive while they're stranded
there.
A well done low budgeter.
It was very much like Blair Witch
Project, Friday the 13th,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and
Night of the Living Dead all
into one film and this is the one!
Check this film out by all means, it is
so psyched as we have outrageous teens, a
goofy deputy and nasty rednecks!
The acting is
good. We have some familiar faces like
former TV Boy Meets World heartthrob
Rider Strong as he really shines
in this film as a smart, outgoing and
charming one bringing all of this to
life.
Plus we also have a performance by James
DeBello as the drip Bert who played
a similar role in the motion picture
comedy Detroit Rock City and
shows excellent paranoid and freaked out
attitude to his part.
Supporting actor Hal Courtney
played a perfect redneck owner of a
corner store in the middle of nowhere as
he was perfectly nasty.
Another supporting actor that stood out
was Giuseppe
Andrews playing a dorky deputy which
makes you wonder if he is for real or
not.
Cerina Vincent exposes
her breasts during a sex scene in bed and
another breast shot washing herself in
the bathroom much later in the film
A German Shepherd's body is
cut open
There are body pieces during a campfire
tale at a bowling alley as well as others
being butchered.
A corpse is lying in a lake
People are coughing out blood and there
are gruesome scar marks on people's
bodies as well as their skin eventually
being torn off.
There's some bloody gunshots on a few
rednecks
A body is cut up
Eli Roth
is superb with his work on this film
coaching each scene wonderfully both
mixing comedic and dark horror moments.
We spot a nice scene with Rider
Strong sitting next to child actor Matthew
Helms and trying to interact with
him. Helms looked good just
acting silent and then knew how to have
fast reactions by biting Strong's hand
which looked quite creepy.
We have a few goofy shots on James
DeBello trying to shoot squirrels in
a forest with a B.B. gun.
There is a good and creepy dialogue scene
between supporting actor Arie Verveen
and DeBello. DeBello
really knew how to act spooked during
this moment.
Both Strong and Jordan Ladd really
knew how to act off well with one another
while sun tanning on a dock of a lakeside
which looked nicely romantic.
All of the lead actors Strong, Jordan
Ladd, DeBello, Cerina
Vincent and Joey Kern all
were great by behaving menacingly with
Verveen by beating him and screaming
wildly at him outside near their vehicle
which really keeps you occupied on what
the hell's going to happen to him.
We spot a real corny dialogue between
supporting actor Giuseppe Andrews
as a toked out deputy and Strong
having a discussion together of what is
going on as it looks very comedic but yet
fits the scene totally.
There are good shots on Strong's
hand rubbing against Ladd's body
and then a great shocked reaction on Strong
after he spots some gruesome infected
scars on her legs.
Ladd reacted well when she feels
sick to this disease looking like a total
basket case and later on shows nice
attitude after how she's being treated by
being locked away somewhere near a shack.
Strong looked great with his
aggressive attitude by whacking the
remains of his girlfriend as we see a
nice camera shot looking up at him.
There's good camera shots on Vincent taking
a bath and shaving her scarred legs as
she knew how to get emotional while doing
this.
There's great shots on Helms
doing martial arts performances while
coming up to DeBello and then
biting him as he shows a nice and slow
painful reaction to this and just
tripping out well.
Supporting actor Hal Courtney really
showed his stuff by his evil actions
during this moment as it makes you quiver
and wanting to get away from him as fast
as you can.
There's a good chasing scene with the
vehicles between Debello and the
rednecks lead by Courtney with
the shooting etc.
Strong was great by showing
exhaustion by his sickness and trying to
run for help nearly getting himself
killed wherever he goes too.
Nice camera shots on Kern entering
the cabin and crying , then laughing that
he survived this incident and going
otuside to the front porch as you know
something will happen to him that this
timing looked perfect for it.
A nice shot on the acotrs playing
sherrif's and deputies piling up the
bodies and burning them almost looking
similar to Night of the Living
Dead.
We have terrific
dark music by the likes of composer Angelo
Badalamenti and Nathan Barr
as they show very versatile moments
during different scene's of the film
We also get songtracks by David
Hess, Bo & Jesse Hess, Your
Mom, Scrappy Hamilton, The
Turtleneck, Happy Wednesday
and Noah's All Stars.
[first lines]
The Hermit: Hey, boy. Hey, boy.
Hey, boy. Unn? C'mon, boy. Hey. Hey. Hey,
fella.
Jeff: Hey, dipshit,
what the fuck?
Bert: What are you, fuckin' Smokey
the Clown now?
Jeff: Don't you mean 'Smokey the
Bear?'
[Bert leaves the cabin
with a rifle]
Karen: Bert, what the hell is
that?
Bert: Huh? Oh, I'm gonna go shoot
some squirrels.
Paul: Why would you wanna kill
squirrels?
Bert: 'cause they're gay.
Karen: Bert, don't be a fucking
retard.
Bert: I'm kidding. I don't care if
they're gay or straight, I'll kill 'em
either way.
Paul: All the
employees were held at gunpoint, and then
after they had been gagged and beaten,
they were tied to chairs. They were set
in a circle, so that way, everybody was
forced to watch everybody else. And then
the robber, this sick maniac, he goes and
finds one of those little ball-peen
hammers, and then one by one, he smashed
the backs of their heads open with the
hammer. Everyone had to watch their
friends die, knowing that they'd soon be
next. The guy doesn't stop there. He goes
and he breaks out the fire axe. The alarm
goes off; he doesn't give a shit. He
hacked off all their limbs.
Marcy: That's not
funny, Bert.
Bert: Yes it is, you fuckin slut.
Deputy Winston:
Looks like you guys were doing some
pretty good partying, huh?
Paul: Yeah, you know, we were
drinking and then this guy came along and
tried to break into the cabin. We had no
choice but to get rough. I feel awful,
but he was going crazy. He smashed into
our car, and then he wouldn't come out,
so... we had to hit him. We hurt him. We
were terrified. We didn't know what to
do. That's why we went to look for
help...
Deputy Winston: Hey, man, I told
you... I'm gonna make a report. Don't
worry about it. He ain't gonna come back.
Looks like you guys scared him away
pretty good. I ain't gonna let him ruin
your fun.
Paul: Thank you. My friend's
inside right now and she's pretty freaked
out. She wants to go home. We all kind of
do.
Deputy Winston: A lady friend,
huh? I bet you like to party.
Karen: Paul? Is
everything okay?
Deputy Winston: Howdy, ma'am.
Everything's Fine. Just go back inside,
have yourself a big 40... just party.
Karen: Umm... Okay.
Deputy Winston: Oh, Daddy, why are
you talking about leaving? You've got to
stay and party.
Paul: That's why we came here in
the first place.
Deputy Winston: I'm telling you,
this is a major party town.
Paul: Really? Are you kidding me?
Deputy Winston: You know what it's
like when you go to a new town and you're
the new guy? All the girls see you
walking down the street. They don't know
you've got five pounds of dingaling meat.
They're looking for no commitment. You
understand what I'm saying? I've heard
that theory before. This is that town.
It's like when I go party up at Wambusau.
My cousin goes to school there. When I
party at Wambusau, I know I'm gonna get
pussy. Plus the girls there don't know
I'm a deputy. So I know they're gonna
party hard with me. Believe me, man, they
do.
Paul: That's too bad, I bet you
ruled this town before you had a badge.
Deputy Winston: Yeah, but a badge
makes you grow up quick.
Jeff: I don't want
any of us getting sick, but you two
fuckin' fuckers insist on touching her,
now she's bleeding all over both you
guys! So you two can fuckin rot, but not
me, no fuckin way not me!
[Jeff runs off carrying beer]
Tommy: There's some
kids in a cabin. They got a disease. They
just gave it to Dennis.
Fenster: We'll need "The
Kit."
Dennis: Pancakes.
Pancakes!
Bert: No pancakes.
Dennis: PANCAKES!
Bert: No pancakes!
Bert: God damn it!
What pancakes, you fuck?
Tommy: You bein'
sick, that's your problem. Now Dennis is
sick, that's my problem. And if I get
sick, that's Lucille's problem. So we
gotta stop the problem. We gotta stop the
problem *right* now!
[shouts]
Tommy: Fenster, rifle!
Bert: Goodnight,
fucker.
[Jeff walks around the
cabin after everyone dies]
Jeff: [yelling] I made it!
I made it! I knew I'd make it! I fucking
made it!
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