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I watched the premiere of "One Way Trip" at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Films and generally this means that the film contains particular qualities and/or unique trademarks. At least, that's what the festival board always claims when they announce their program and that's also the minimum you should expect from a special genre movie event, right? That's why I was surprised to see that this film is so incredibly … ordinary! "One Way Trip" isn't necessarily a bad flick, but it's very run-of-the-mill and basic slasher without many noteworthy elements. It's a Swiss horror film, yes, and it's true that those aren't too frequent but that's hardly a reason to make this a must-see. And oh yeah, it's in 3D! But then again, which movie isn't filmed in 3D these days and, besides, the makers totally didn't make full use of the possibilities linked to this gimmick. But hey, I repeat, if you're ever in the mood for a straightforward stalk-n-slash picture that is predictable and redundant but nevertheless entertaining, "One Way Trip" is definitely a considerable choice. The film teaches us that Switzerland has apparently more to offer than just cheese, cuckoo clocks and beneficial tax rates! The Swiss mountains during spring are allegedly the ideal location to consume mind-altering mushrooms. That's exactly the plan of an eight-headed bunch of youngsters when they head out into the countryside in their old and ramshackle Volkswagen van. The first evening starts out fantastically with everyone being high and happy, but hardly a few hours later these crazy drug addicted kids find themselves struggling to survive. When one of them returns to the campfire with his head bashed in, they seek help and arrive in a remote farmhouse. Obviously, that's the one place they should avoid. The characters are almost as one-dimensional as most of the special effects and every attempt to generate tension is undermined by the fact it's all so foreseeable and numeric. There are a couple of nasty death sequences, for the twisted genre fanatics among us to enjoy, but nothing truly outrageous or repulsive. "One Way Trip" is a conventional and behaving slasher, and if you'd like to check out genre films from the same area, perhaps give "Dead in Three Days" a shot. That film and its sequel aren't masterpieces neither, but at least provides more brutality and shock-effects. Both films also star the beautiful lead actress Sabrina Reiter, by the way.

One Way Trip 2011 This was an unexpected pleasant suprise! Beautiful foriegn horror from Austria with gorgeous scenery and constantly changing creepy locations and one twist after another. What a ride! I really enjoyed this awesome horror flick with some great gore and quite a few surprises. The camera work on this was way better than the average horror flick I've seen latley and it made me want more. With an injection of a few really cool 3d scenes and some great vertigo shots toward the end I felt this was above the average quality of an American horror film experience. I'll be looking for more like this from these creators. Highly recommended! Stands well above the average fare you sigh at on prime digging for something remotely resembling a film nowadays. Also lands quite a few notches above "Shrooms" this is not a comedy film. This is a Horror action film!

I normally don't watch films rated less than a 5.0 on IMDB, here I made an exception as I'm collecting 3D Blurays and am partial myself to psychonauting.

While the 3D had a couple of fun popouts, it wasn't the main draw (depth being almost non-existent). The psychedelic-trip aspect was also barely explored, at least in a visual or audio sense. The film starts poorly, with basic stilted dialogue, bland or even unlikeable characters, and poor overdubbing even in original German language...the actors clearly in sound booths. We get the usual 'dumb illogical protagonists' fare for these types of slasher movies, tho' this is partly explained by the 'tripping'. The action & tension was ok, a couple of cheap 'false-alarm' jump-scares weren't needed...loud orchestral-hits to startle the viewer is a bit of a copout.

Mostly middling entertainment, with 5 minutes remaining I was ready to give it a 4/10. But the last scene was great! Not just from a narrative perspective, the camera was also - for the first time - dynamic & interesting, showing us the crucial narrative development before telling us it more bluntly. Very effective.

With more naturalistic overdubbing, better script and more experimental use of visual/audio, One Way Trip may have had the potential to be a bit of a 'Geheimtipp' classic.

As it is, it's still worth watching. Dial your expectations down and you may also agree it's worth more than a 4.6 (current IMDB score).