Stranger in the Woods

This recipe feels really old: Traumatic event, friends trip to a cheap cabin in the woods. Main character is annoying right from the start. It's absurd someone would get involved to go on a trip with such character and binge drinking based on the initial premise. I literally couldn't wait for it to end. I watched it because MAX was recommending it constantly. Horrible acting, cheap repeated premise and slow in everything it does. No plot twists.. no nothing. Goofy characters, same-old tired premise no effort whatsoever. Refrain from wasting your time on this and go rewatch whatever's available on any of your streaming services.

Yes, this picture is just that...pretty standard fare. If you have seen more than say five or six movies, you have certainly seen all these twists and turns before. I knew exactly what was going on at about twenty minutes in. Don't get me wrong, it was filmed well. The cast acted it out pretty decent. The scenery was solid. But there was absolutely nothing new here...nothing. I will say that I was glad to see that the dog wasn't hurt. LOL I gave this one a six. Like I already said, what is there was done pretty decently, but there just isn't a single thing here that can be even thought of as new. But if you don't have anything else to do, this will pass the time. As always, Thank You and ENJOY!!!

This movie is a low budget indie and I think it exceeded my expectations. Acting was decent, the cast was diverse.

Olivia's friends take her for a weekend getaway to the woods after she supposedly attempted suicide. Her friend/crush Sam's brother Clayton owns the cabin they rent and he lives in the adjacent one. Clayton is seemingly the "odd brother" in a Survival off the grid way.

Olivia's dog disappears and she soon suspects Clayton. The others try to let Olivia know she's being paranoid and kind of "crazy", especially after her suicide attempt. But Olivia insists she never tried to end her life and someone tried to murder her.

I'm not going to give away spoilers even if I think many fans of this genre could figure things out. My only real gripe is yet again in a horror/thriller, police are called yet never arrive. It's obvious at least an hour passes. But this isn't a problem unique to this film.

At an hour and 20 minutes I think this is an easy watch and it's actually quite on topic with a situation many women experience.

Decent indie, many females will relate.

EVERYTHING WRONG, EVERYTHING

I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

The worst acting possible, the worst script possible.

But the end is THE WORST THING, probably the worst ending in a horror movie EVER. It's so stupid that it makes this movie a comedy. I don't know what to say anymore. The only thing terrifying about this movie is that it made me think that being blind is not as bad as I thought it was. Who thought that this is good? Who was the idiot that said, "10/10 would recommend it"? Who can possibly watch this and say this is good? Just never do things like this ever again, please, and thank everyone that gave this thing a 1/10 review.

Low budget attempt at a horror/ slasher drama.

Firstly, I am not going too hard on a movie that clearly has a small budget and made independently. That being said, this is poor by any standard.

The direction, the editing, the sound design, the acting, the script, the plot and cinematography is all poor. I can only imagine what someone like Sam Raimi would have done with something like this.

This is Holly Kenney's first stab at doing a screenplay and it shows. It doesn't help that she has decided to play the lead character herself.

There are strange scenes all over the place. The dog, who is the best actor in the film, disappears and reappears for little or no reason.