The Redwood Massacre

This movie certainly isn't the worst you'll see in the horror genre. Poor opening titles doesn't set the movie up well but it does have it moments. The special effects are way over the top but in alot of instants its done well. It is pretty much an all out gore fest and doesn't really have much plot to it. My main gripe with movie was just how long the ending dragged on for, this realy killed the movie.

Yes it never is a good idea to go to an either haunted place or a house/farm in the woods, where a massacre occurred. No matter how many years have passed (either the children have "survived" or something else) it will be the ... death of you. Literally. But of course that is standard movie/horror cliché and if the people wouldn't do something stupid like that, we wouldn't have a movie.

And before you argue that it would be a good thing, consider that other people like this sort of movies. And the blood effects are decent enough for a low budget movie like this. Is there really more some would want out of that experience? If so, then maybe this isn't for you

A lot is done right here, the kills are alright. The killer is actually pretty cool. There is a lot of blood. But the whole time something is missing. The killer looks pretty cool, but at the same time he is kind of boring.

I caught myself wondering why I wasn't more entertained by this, because it should have been more entertaining. It had the necessities. It has large amounts of blood, which I like, the problem is it just looks like someone is pouring blood on whoever gets killed. Didn't have the impact it should.

One thing that was real bad was the punching-sounds. For the most part the sound design was OK, but in a couple of scenes the killer is beating the crap out of someone, blood is just gushing, and the sound of the hits are like, *tsh* *tsh* *tsh*. That doesn't fly. You need some bass, and some good crunch in there, for a big fist hitting a face repeatedly like that. Strange how the director was just fine with that.

And it is so light for most of the movie. Like daytime. Not scary or tense at all.

Anyway, this is probably not worth your time, I'm afraid. There are a lot of good slashers out there. Maybe skip this one.

The movie was not good at all. Acting was mediocre, plot was barely existent, and there was no depth to any of the characters. Now usually I can let a not great plot slip if there's enough bloodshed, and don't get me wrong there is a lot of that in this movie, but it was just so cookie cutter. There was nothing new or different or middle entertaining. It was just the same old copy paste "Guy with mask goes around a forest stabbing people" and it just felt like nobody put any effort into any aspect of the movie. The ending was the worst part though, because it just kept dragging on. The last 30 minutes (and the movie is only 1 hour 22 minutes) is just you thinking its over but nope it isn't because of some stupid uninteresting irrelevant thing that either doesn't make sense, or is just plain boring. It had its moments if you're like me and you like slashers, but it was just so cookie cutter, so boring, so predictable, so unentertaining. There are no scares in this movie at all. I don't even remember if they tried to put in a jump scare, I was so bored I just really didn't care.

OMG! I rooted for the badguy, even though he was stupid. However, the kids were dumber than most I've seen in horror films.

Yes, this was low-budget. I have to say they had good kills, if that's your thing.

Kirsty was the most annoying character. She was mean from the start and rather confrontational for no reason. When they got up the next morning and Mark and Jessica were missing, it was like a scene was missing.

When the killer had three of the kids in his lair, I thought it was weird. He killed anyone else in the woods where he found them, but he decides to knock out the kids, drag them all the way back to his place for some ritualistic torture. It wasn't consistent with the other kills.

If you're bored, and you want something to watch, maybe you might enjoy this. I do not recommend, because it almost put me to sleep (no joke).

BTW, the people who died deserved it for their stupidity.

I gave this a 4-star rating. It would've been lower, but I could tell they did try to put together a fun movie, and I think effort counts.