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To be honest, I haven't read any reviews before watching this thing, shame I haven't. This movie is complete junk, there's no horror in it, the gore is bad and is only slightly better then the lame text.

Now lets start, the movie doesn't bring anything new to the screen, it follow a pattern of other movies like it. Friends going to the wood, gets killed, end of story. However, other movies following this pattern might bring better effects, better dialogue and much better actors. You can pretty much see this movie is junk right at the start when you hear the sound of the knife and few seconds later, the axe, is the same sound. So they took the same audio file and just copy & paste it every time, they didn't bothered to even slightly change the pitch, speed or EQ (something that can be done in almost every free audio software out there) yes, it's that bad.

As I said the dialogues offers nothing new, and the players reading them are just MEH. All monotonic, without highs and lows, all in the same pace one word after the other.

Now lets see some more. In the part when they all sit around the fire and someone tells the story, how can someone screw in this one? I have no idea, they might sit next to the fire, but there's no read evidence for that, the light source is not the fire, or the moon (which supposed to be full) but from external light source, just normal light bulb from the set, dear director, how high were you when filming this one?

Still, I watched it to the end, I actually thought it might bring something in the end, but no. Just the big old disappointment. One last thing, one of the characters had fake eyebrows (painted, or what ever they ladies call it) it was ugly, ugly ugly ugly. Even with that the crew screwed up.

So really, do yourself a favor, don't watch, don't think I might get better at the end, they dialogue is not getting better, the gore is not getting better, the and characters are not evolving and the killer will still be super lame version of Jason Voorhees.

*******SPOILER ALERT - THIS FILM IS SH*TE*******

I must admit that I thought I might rather enjoy this movie when it started - given the hammy acting, loud eerie music over every scene and desperate lack of anything you could conceivably call a plot, I thought this might be a decent parody. Believe it or not, this isn't a parody.

Quick summary of the 'plot' - a whole bunch of Scottish people get chibbed in the woods by - wooo, spooky! - some c*nt with a sack on his head. At no point is any attempt made to discuss or uncover this individual's motivation, what drives him to kill, or why he has a cock in a jar back at his murder shack - unless you count the brief mention that he's an "evil farmer" (of course!).

If you want a chuckle, skip to the laughably absurd storytelling scene where we see a flashback to Jethro butchering his surprisingly obliging family - a particularly awful piece of acting that makes "Xena the Warrior Princess" look as real as "The Wire", and yet another reason why the whole film should have been made a comedy. In my opinion a great opportunity was missed by not including the line "Can I Axe you a question?".

As it stands, the only way anyone could see this absolute dross as any kind of achievement is if it was done for a school project. In fact, I strongly suspect that the individual who rated this 10/10 may in fact be the directors mum. Please, stop deluding yourselves that "British film" has to mean "crap film". Watch the b*llocks origin story for a laugh then turn this off and get on with your life.

If you thought the acting in your school drama class was a real cultural experience and your enjoy gallons of red paint and plot holes the size of the ginger chick's eyebrows, then this is for you.

On the 20th anniversary of the Redwood massacre, 5 young adults opt to visit the farmhouse, located in Scotland. Mark (Adam Coutts) is with his new annoying girlfriend (Lisa Livingstone) who loathes the wilderness as well as being with Mark's catty ex-girlfriend (Rebecca Wilkie).

This is another slasher film with a killer who apparently resurrects like Jason, wears a burlap mask like the Texarkana Killer, and eats his victims alive like Hannibal. Pardon my feeling of Deja Vu while watching this slasher which does not distinguish itself either in the plot, acting, dialogue or characters.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity. Plenty of blood.

I try to applaud low budget film making as it's not easy to get a movie off the ground, hence I decided to give this movie a shot. But low budget doesn't mean it has to defy logic and lack any, even half, decently written characters.

Fo starters I am a big fan of old horrors that used light and shadow to build up tension and dread in every scene (the original Cat People being a great example of this) But this was made in 2014 not 1942, and this is in colour. The low lighting in the opening, woodland scene, might create great shadows but it looks totally unrealistic and distracting in a modern colour film.

Then there's the killer! He kills everyone with either a large knife, machete or axe. Thats it. He's a slasher, nothing fancy about him. So why oh why, when he has the girl with the crazy painted eyebrows tied down, does he look at some of his tools like he's decided with which one to make the first incision. He's a slasher not one of life's more sophisticated killers. But, before he does this, he toys with her with a pair of shears then just cuts open her shirt. That's it. He puts the shears down, looks at a few tools then stabs her like he does every other victim. The guy is a serial killer equivalent of a simpleton. He would no more think about what knife to use as he would what finger to use to scratch his bum.

The guy with the gun baffled all logic as well. He has a shot gun, he's holding the door closed preventing the killer from getting in. So what does he do? He gives the gun to a girl and tells her to run while he holds the door. WHAT THE HELL!!! Just let the killer in and shoot him! This level of stupidity may have been excusable in the 70s and 80s but not now. The audience has moved on.

Then there's the ending! A girl escapes and runs into a guy driving a van. We see them drive off across the highlands of Scotland (not a tree in sight) In the next scene its dark, the driver claims he has taken a wrong turning, and they are back in the woods?! How the hell this has happened I don't know as its not exactly teeming with roads in the Scottish Highlands. Follow a road long enough and you'll come to a village. This is Scotland not the back woods of America. But guess what, they just happened to end up back where the killer is!! Next (and this is the best part) she runs away and ends up...... Wait for it....... In a scrap yard!!!!! How the Flip did that happen. One minute its the bare but beautiful Scotish Highlands, then its woodland but now (all of a sudden) she's surrounded by scrap cars! Now I know that in movies they often play with geography in order keep the movie flowing (how often have we seen car chases move from one street to another that we know is actually miles from the first) but we can forgive this in the narrative and locale of the film. But moving from Barren hills and occasional woodland to the middle of a scrap yard is just plain dumb. As I have said before, this is Scotland NOT America.

Unfortunately, I think the makers of this mess thought it was.

For five friends, visiting the murder site of the Redwood House has all the hallmarks of being an exciting weekend away.

A popular site, each year, on the exact date of the famous local family massacre, people head out to the site to have fun and scare each other.

Events take a turn for the worse when the innocent campers discover the Redwood legend is in fact a reality, which turns the unsuspecting victims into prey for an axe wielding maniac that has remained dormant for 20 years......

Apart from the terrible acting from the majority of the cast, and some truly awful sound design, the main problem with this film is it's reliance on other better horror movies.

Firstly, the killer is based on Leatherface, from his gait to the way he closes a door, you yearn for that classic, rather than waiting for this behemoth to kill the group, and i promise, you will have an air of satisfaction when he finally begins his purge.

Secondly, some genius decided to include a variation on Ki Ki Ki, Ma Ma Ma, from Friday the 13th, and again, you are yearning for Jason to pass by, and give the killer a few tips.

Another problem is the group of friends. They are unlikable, one very deplorable, and at times you are egging the cast on to tell her to shut up, or give her a healthy slap across the face.

Even at it's very slim running time, it's an ordeal to get through, the legend of the place is pretty hilarious, and one wonders just how long a particular side character has been hanging around for.

I'm a huge horror fan, particularly slasher movies, but this was very difficult to finish, even when its being unintentionally hilarious.

I agree with other reviews the people deserve to die. There's a psycho killer. My friends are dead. So let's just snoop around a bit instead of running for our lives. Or let's just stand there instead of running or fighting and let them kill you. Wow.

The only thing I'll remember from this movie are the most ridiculous and bizarre eyebrows on the forehead of a member of the group who are doomed to be slashed. As for the rest, "The Redwood Massacre" is a slasher film that adds nothing new to the slasher genre. The 80's were the era of gory slasher films with of course "Halloween", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Friday the 13th". Jason Voorhees hid his face behind a hockey mask. Michael Myers used a white mask. Leatherface used the skin of his victims. In this film the Scottish bloodthirsty killer came up with the brilliant idea to use a potato sack. Is this killer the crazy farmer who massacred his family? Or is it the buried and after wards missing farmer's son? That's not entirely clear. And you shouldn't expect a statement from the wildly chopping killer, because throughout the whole movie, no sensible word comes out of his mouth.

I know slasher movies aren't famous for their sophisticated story lines (although the first Friday the 13th was a bit more than just simply slaughtering teenagers) and Oscar worthy performances. Ultimately, the starting point of such films is showing disgusting, sickeningly images such as cutting up unfortunate, innocent campers. Liters of blood flowing at that time is a logical consequence. In "The Redwood Massacre" they probably received remains of blood from other slasher films because the way blood is gushing here, you won't see anywhere else in your lifetime. So excessive, that it gets downright ridiculous. A hefty punch already ensures gushes of blood splashing in all directions, as if a number of main arteries are being sliced. A firm nosebleed results in blood-soaked clothes and hair. As if, just like in "Carrie", a bucket of pig's blood is thrown on them.

Among the group of youngsters once again the same characters occur. Obviously, there's a spoiled bitch (Lisa Livingstone as Kirsty) who actually does nothing but complain all the time and clearly didn't want to participate in this venture. It amazed me that she didn't start to discuss with the serial killer about the fact that he probably used the wrong laundry detergent, since there are still bloodstains visible on his lumberjack shirt. Then there's the characterless masculine part. Their only function is being part of the company and being transported to the slaughterhouse. There's also the party-girl Rebecca (Rebecca Wilkie) who, as I mentioned earlier, only stands out because of her ridiculous eyebrows. And finally there's Pamela (Lisa Cameron). Perhaps the most down-to-earth member of the whole group and waiting for her boyfriend. The latter apparently got lost and wanders through the woods. Getting lost is apparently a habit in those Scottish forests, because the so-called party in the ruins of Redwood turns out to be rather lifeless without the other party-goers . Also lost? Or worse?

The pace of this brutal slasher is damn high. The opening scene immediately shows a horrific murder. The sadistic brute is revealed in closeup the first moment. I guess the writers decided not to be too mysterious about that. And before you know it a couple camping somewhere in the woods, a lost mountain biker and two members of the group disappear and are being chopped into pieces. The massacres are brutal, gory, sadistic and sickening. What do you expect from a straight-in-your-face slasher?

And yet this film isn't exactly excellent. The dialogs are totally ridiculous. The characters are highly irritating and extremely stupid. Eventually they deserve to end like filet Americain. The bloody scenes are excessively bloody. At times it seemed as if it was engine oil dripping from the victims. Stupidities pass the whole time. The bloodthirsty killer could hear the slightest sound. But two people talking to each other was beyond his hearing spectrum. Certain developments seemed utter stupid like for instance the disappearance of two group members overnight. This was so abruptly and without explanation. As if they forgot to include it in the film. The history of the serial killer remained vague. And finally, there was also a completely useless character in the form of the father of a murdered teenager. His contribution to the whole was banal and his reaction to Pamela was bizarre. And how the hell can you drive in circles when there's only one straight road through the landscape? Can someone explain that to me? But most of all there's the fact the movie is so uninspired. When you intend to make another slasher movie, please include something new or original. This was just another colorless hack and slash horror. But for lovers of gory movies, this surely is a must see.

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I watched this movie last night as part of my Halloween 2019 October program and honestly i saw a lot of potential with it but sadly it turned out not that good. Ill try to keep the first part spoiler free and will announce when spoilers start.

What did i liked about it? The murders themselves are violent, bloody, they don't try to "hide" anything for censorship or such. At times some things where a bit too over the top/badly done like at one point a character get punch in the face , the face is full of blood everywhere but once the character recover, you see no bruises or swelling. With that much blood the person would had been concussed and the face destroyed. But overall i liked how violent the movie was. The killer himself looks pretty dope, menacing, with good poses that mimmick a lot Jason. It seem to have pretty good production value/effects for such an indy flick.

The set up of the movie is mostly daytime, but lots of it happens inside and the environements are creepy so it work fine.

What i didn't liked? You barely get to know the characters or relate to them at all. Some decisions/story part make NO SENSE.

As for the acting, i won't comment on it too much, as i am not used much to the accents used in this movie. Scottish i think? I was glad to have subtitles enable to say the least.

SPOILERS AHEAD

So the movie really go the Jason route in its set up, not only the killer mimick him a lot but the backstory is announced around a campfire. I really enjoyed that the murders are bloody and the killer take his time with them, but the problem is, one of the characters get snatched right away before he even meet the rest, and 2 of them are taken away very fast. They barely ever meet again after that. You have a feeling of not caring much for them. Only the final girl, Pamela, is somewhat likable.

But where it truly hurt is when characters made stupid decisions, like at one point the killer rush one of the dude who does not even try to defend himself, or that father who goes at the house to avenge the murder of his daughter, but end up giving his shotgun to the main character for no reason, and then stay right in front of the killer and don't even put up a fight. Not to mention if i was going to take down my daughter's murderer in such a creepy place, i would had packed more than a double barrel shotgun with no extra ammo... I would had took a handgun, big knife, many ammo mags...

Its established the killer is human, not supernatural from what i could gather, so he can be hurted, so why are they just staying there to get butchered?

All these flaws prevented me from enjoying the movie. I never watch slasher flicks to see intelligent characters but when they just stand there to get killed without even putting a fight, not even trying, especially the father wich he has the killer of his daughter in front of him, he should had fough to the last inch of his life.. Its too bad cause it had potential and overall good production value for sunch an indy flick.

But i can't really recommand.