Bookworm Tiffani, bully Ella and the easily bullied Kevin are dying of boredom in their dull home city. In order to alleviate their frustration, and hopefully get some ass, they take a trip upstate to the town Swamp Hollow which impresses them with its serial killer reputation, and set out for their mission of history exploration and cheap thrills.
There’s a problem though – because a real life serial killer is on the loose. As soon as the gang set foot in town, the killings begin to start again, and the friends are left to fight for survival against the terrible masked enemy with his arsenal of industrial equipment and merciless taste for human flesh.
The violent execution displayed in the introduction is a rather dishonest representation of how most of the film goes. Rather than the urban action-packed feature it promises, as a torturer thrusts a cruel corkscrew into the belly of another victim, the tale then reverts and degenerates to dedicate itself mostly about the trio themselves as they wander about town, eventually and slowly encountering the killer.
Although together they conjure a somewhat interesting overlap, with the wildly different personalities making for curious results, their characters are neither sufficiently balanced nor devoted in time or quality. And anyway they’re no match for actually putting together a real story. Deficient in the way of any reliable material, the film pathetically limps from scene to scene, desperately lacking in content.
While all the faces in the flick are pretty much forgettable, Ella is one of the most cringeworthy and unlikable characters in a trash flick to exist. They are pointlessly egotistic, tediously self-centered, insufferably bombastic, and insultingly narcissistic; their overacting when they are hunted perhaps makes the best visual performance though, and that’s not saying much.
This is tragically fucking bad. Much more could have been created from the somewhat interesting mask-wearing character of death – honestly, just a drop more ability in that area would have made a difference. And the soundtrack isn’t bad either. Since its so ridiculous, and ending on such an appallingly bad twist, it’s definitely 100% one to miss.
2/10
Possession Media 