When the anniversary of a tragedy that befell a little-league team coincides with the return of an old team mate to town, a group of friends decide to mark the event with a visit to their coach’s old cabin in the woods. The only problem is they aren’t the only ones who haven’t forgotten and it fast becomes clear that they aren’t home free yet.
Some decent, if unoriginal, gore, a fantastic killer design with a savagely realised weapon and, as with many low-budget films in this technologically wealthy age, it’s direction and editing is polished and professional. Something that hasn’t changed since the 70’s, however, is the quality of the stories, characters and acting.
It suffers from some not bad, but mild performances, but they’re made all the more noticeably mild by the lack of character building. They aren’t even really stereotypes from other slashers, they’re just not fleshed out enough to care about the peril they are in.
The big problem is with characterisation, as in almost no existent. This isn’t uncommon in horror, of course, but there is a direct basis of comparison. The killer has real character and a great back story that by the end is really involving, but no one else does and, as most of the film involves not knowing the intricacies of the killer’s story, a boredom sets in that is hard to shake.
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