A Barraca do Medo

As the heading said, the basic premise of this film is the same as the X Files episode Detour.

The way it was directed was good, plot good and the camera angles great!! The amount of detail given to the surrounding was fantastic!

However the plot did not feel finished, in my opinion. It just needed a little more.

Overall a good movie, it just needed a little more.

Jake Busey was the only saving grace. I enjoyed his character and acting. Would love to see more of his films.

A couple decide to revitalize their relationship so they head to the woods for a camping trip. She wants to settle down and have a family while he prefers to travel with his band. During the trip she has morning sickness hinting towards a pregnancy. Their trip is cut short when hunters are found dead with one still barely alive. They quickly learn that they are not alone. What is out there? This was a good slow burner where they keep you in the dark most of the time as to what's going on. This of course creates oodles of tension. Once I did see the creatures I instantly thought of Troll 2 (1990). Jake Busey adds a supporting role as the wounded hunter. I did find the husband was an annoying character who was useless and couldn't do anything anyways.

Not a bad flick that could have been way worse like making it a found footage about bigfoot.

Well it had an interesting premise I'll give you that, overall OK execution but sadly it couldn't deliver much.

For a in the woods horror, Arbor Demon is more interesting than most but fails to provoke, and also I think it fell a little short as well. Perhaps if the last act would go on for a little longer and genuinely focus on that we could have had a better experience with it. There was room for more, maybe better writing, or you could blame it on the directing part, because either way you're looking at it, you feel that you could have gotten more, better!

So all in all it is a hard movie to recommend to anyone. Watch it at your own peril. It's definitely not bad, but it doesn't go all the way. Kinda stops two thirds of the way.

Cheers!