Not a fan of the original "Friday the 13th" film or its sequels or "Nightmare on Elm Street" or any of the other wisecracking or silent slashers, I was pleased to find that this is more of a thriller based on the fact that you do not see the killings, only the victims being sneaked up on and the insinuations of what happens. Deliberate gore in my opinion made a mockery of horror films in the 1980's and 90's, so to find this one which takes place among the California Redwoods is more enjoyable to me.
Shots of nature at its most beautiful makes the opening of this intriguing to give a chance to, with the deer grazing and the beautiful full trees majestic and stunning. When a couple on a motorcycle come along and fall over, the man is badly injured, so his girlfriend goes to get him help. She returns alone to find him missing, but all of a sudden appearing out of nowhere, having chose at least through his body to hang around a bit.
The cast includes a few actors who went onto bigger things (Darryl Hannah, Rachel Ward), found brief fame on TV (Adrian Zmed) or were familiar to me from their other works (Ernest Harden Jr.). This is an ensemble piece so no one really is the star, but there's a variety of diverse personalities and backgrounds to make each of them interesting. There are of course members of their camping team who are rather suspicious so that adds to the mystery. The use of intrigue rather than blood and guts (although there is some) to this makes it a lot better to me than I expected, and the gorgeous photography of the California wilderness is a definite plus.
Shots of nature at its most beautiful makes the opening of this intriguing to give a chance to, with the deer grazing and the beautiful full trees majestic and stunning. When a couple on a motorcycle come along and fall over, the man is badly injured, so his girlfriend goes to get him help. She returns alone to find him missing, but all of a sudden appearing out of nowhere, having chose at least through his body to hang around a bit.
The cast includes a few actors who went onto bigger things (Darryl Hannah, Rachel Ward), found brief fame on TV (Adrian Zmed) or were familiar to me from their other works (Ernest Harden Jr.). This is an ensemble piece so no one really is the star, but there's a variety of diverse personalities and backgrounds to make each of them interesting. There are of course members of their camping team who are rather suspicious so that adds to the mystery. The use of intrigue rather than blood and guts (although there is some) to this makes it a lot better to me than I expected, and the gorgeous photography of the California wilderness is a definite plus.