The Canyonlands

Sounds deliciously exciting doesnt it... but its not, its a horror movie but it aint proper horror either, rather a 101 how to make mistakes when making movies is my best description. it has an undertone of indian vs the new settlers from the brave old world, without any touch of real myths or history.

i shall not tear this project apart, just say that cheating deserve beating because they do not know dark filming, and with a plot thats darkdepending its gross. there are clear stary stary artifiscial sky where the ''screen''(green,blue etc) is clearly visible is very very poor production.

there are two things i can positively mention, that is great drone aerials of the natural scenery(in daylight), and a pretty decent film music. the rest is just amateuristic rubbish without any contact with the spiritual corners of oneself. use a bit fantasy, and train the dawgs better next time.this is a sleeping pill for the grumpy old man, that doesnt use the single star unit too often...

It's definitely not a masterpiece, but it's a solid 4/10. Acting wasn't as bad as reviewers are saying. The social media girl was a bit annoying I will admit. Enjoyed it until the ending and after that it went a bit downhill. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but if you're just looking for a popcorn movie and nothing else to watch I'd say go for it.

Why are we still writing movies accusing the only black characters in them of hallucinations and being absolutely brainless because they smoke weed? Why is this a false narrative that we are still, still in 2022 having to hear and see in movies? By about the fourth time someone accused this character of seeing things, hearing things, and even being a killer "cause he smokes weed" I turned it off. Bad writing. Bad bad writing. Bad acting. Bad story. Yuck.

I see a lot of reviews that are going hard for the acting, which is indeed bad here but for me the real problem were the characters. When you have people written as shallow as possible, it is quite clear that the movie is going to fail because you can't do anything with them, except killing them on screen.

The same happens with our killer, he comes off paper thin, one drive, one feature and that is all. The story itself makes little sense, is far fetched, badly executed and you get to see the absolute worst decisions taken throughout the movie. Just when you want to ask yourself 'Are these people for real' you realize that no, they are not, just a bunch of stereotypes thrown together.

Except for the surroundings there is nothing redeeming about Canyonlands. Just go and watch The Hills Have Eyes. This is sadly an example of how not to make a horror.

Cheers!

What the hell happened to HORROR MOVIE'S these days, I mean what happened to the good ol horror film maker's like Wes Craven and Rob Zombie and not to mention Stephen King, what the hell these guys die off or something!