The Hike

This movie has everything a movie should avoid: terrible acting, shallow characters, uninspiring storyline, amateur direction and weird musical score. What else can go wrong with this movie?

Well add to that list an ultra low budget, which means zero production value (think: someone's little brother behind the bushes making sound effects.)

Is there any upside? Yes. There is some humor and it's timed well. The two main characters, the hikers, are actually both relatable and likable which always helps a movie. But this is overshadowed by all the other challenges this movies faces.

Jokes aren't as funny when a movie suffers "low budget-itus" or the sense you are watching something homemade. That's the biggest issue: it feels homemade, and poorly homemade, at that.

While I applaud the effort (are these film students?) that doesn't change the fact that this is a really bad movie. And it's movies like this that give the horror genre a bad reputation.