Backwoods

For A Gravitas Ventures Movie... Which I always try avoiding this was a refreshing slasher film..But by NO MEANS am I saying that this a hurry up & rush out to buy it like I did.However it could've been far worse & if you've seen any of there other films you know what I mean lol! So with that being said this film is worth a watch at least and definitely gonna check out more of there produced movies now in hopes of more decent films in the future!

First off, you get an idea of how amateur this will be in the first scene of dialogue with how the editing is done. Camera constantly switches only on actors who are talking. No reaction shots. This leaves your head feeling dizzy. Second the two lead "actors" seemed to be doing some sort of pretend acting common amongst amateurs with the exception of the actor who played the quarterback boyfriend. He seemed to be the only one who "got it" and was believable. Even still he is barely in the movie and it suffers for it. Leaving the viewer to watch a girl play pretend as a cheerleader girl boss, a dude pretend to be an outcast who is also trying to force some sort of chemistry into the mix but it is obviously forced.

I feel maybe I'm being too harsh but given that I paid for this I think I deserve to be a bit upset. Some scenes also didn't make sense and looked like they were added later. The monster was predictable and the moral superiority and agenda preaching was rough. The people who made this simply are not good enough to be aggrandizing to any cause. Make good art first then maybe you can spout whatever silly ideas you have.

After you accept the lower production values, the acting and story are a mild mess. Rather boring standard trope characters and plotting leave this film as lackluster as can be. Only the earnest acting of the main female lead brings any quality to the film, seconded by the geeky "waterboy" character. And minor props to the younger sister who embodies the annoyance of her character. Otherwise, story is a very tired tale of a long lost killer legend with the possibility of a descendent following suit, or a supernatural ghost carrying on with the slasher deaths. Ho hum. Go watch Hatchet (any of the Crowley films for that matter) to have better production, acting, and special effects, along with a story that at least has something better to it.

Molly is a pretty, popular cheerleader with a quarterback boyfriend, a waterboy best friend, an annoying little sister. A postgame party ends with Molly in the lair of The Hangman, a legendary backwoods killer; how she got there is revealed through a series of flashbacks.

Backwoods suffers from having too many flashbacks and too few likeable characters. In fact, The Hangman is the most likeable male in the whole cast. It's too bad, really, because the great creature design really deserved a better movie.

I had high hopes for this but it seriously let me down. The audio is bad, the camera shakes throughout most of it, and the storyline is off. There are more flashbacks than anything else.

Overall, the story is good but it was brought to life terribly. If someone could reproduce this but with good actors and a good crew, it would be awesome.