Terror Trips

To be honest, I didn't go into this with the highest of expectations, it's a horror movie that a cost little under 200k to make, so the production values were always going to be low.

However, I have seen Hannah Fierman in a few other films (Siren, VHS Creepshow) and quite enjoyed her performances so I thought I'd give this a go.

It's about as original as you'd expect from a film of this ilk, group of obnoxious hipsters go into a secluded area for camping and drinks and become trapped and are hunted down and killed, you get the idea.

This one however, goes into a different direction to most films of this type and it strays more into the human organ harvesting issues that go on in places like Turkey and Egypt's dark underbelly. The idea has been done before (Turistas) and it can be really un-nerving and uncomfortable to watch if done correctly.

However, correctly done is not what you get here, it's ham fisted, poorly acted, poorly shot, poorly lit and the effects, what few there are, are pretty dreadful, I'm looking at you fake CGI gunshots. There's little to no gore apart from a few blood splatters and blood stains here and there, most of the kills are all done off screen or shot in a way that you can't decipher what's just happened. There's a really painful fight choreography scene near the end, which is cringe worthy to sit through. Without spoiling it, there's a fight scene involving 2 people and somebody involved with one of the people about to fight, nudges his partner and says 'Here, watch this' as if something really epic is about to happen and what we get is one of the most poorly filmed, poorly choregraphed and uncomfortable to watch fight scenes you will ever witness, it's so bad.

Most of the actors range from absolutely awful to mediocre. The guy who plays Eli is decent enough but everyone else are just bad, even Hannah Fierman, some of her line delivery is terrible here.

There's some representation in this, that is actually done correctly for once, so I'll give it that, there's a lesbian character who actually fits in with the story and the group rather than simply feeling shoe horned in to fit a narrative and it feels natural rather that you being hit over the head with it. Take note Hollywood. Unfortunately, the actress playing her isn't much cop. But then, neither is anyone else in this to be fair.

The ending is, well, it's bleak and it's different I'll give it that but it did leave a nasty taste in my mouth and nothing really gets wrapped up, maybe they're saving that for a sequel (please don't)

All in all, it's a well intentioned but really poorly made horror film with very little horror in it, the micro budget shows in spades but some people might get something from this as long as their expectations are low enough.

I did read one other review on here where the writer claims this to be the 'Film of the year'.... Just, No lol.

I enjoy low budget, bad horror movies. There's typically something redeeming about them even if you're laughing when that wasn't the intent. This movie has nothing to offer. It's not funny. It's not scary. It's not well written. It's not well acted. Even the blood was awful.

By first glance I have to say that "Terror Trips" wasn't really off to an impressive start. Why? Well, because the movie's title was such a blatant rip off of the logo used in "Stranger Things". But still, I opted to watch what writer and director Jeff Seemann had to offer.

And even the movie's title intro was a rip off of the "Stranger Things" intro. Talk about being unoriginal and tacky.

The storyline in "Terror Trips" was adequate. It wasn't a spectacular or outstanding storyline, but writer Jeff Seemann had managed to cram in some interesting enough things here and there. But overall, then "Terror Trips" was a mediocre and somewhat mundane horror movie. The storyline offered nothing new to the genre, yet I managed to sit through the entire ordeal to the very end.

As for the acting in "Terror Trips", well first of all I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble here. Some of the actresses and actors did actually okay jobs, while others put on rather wooden and rigid performances. So you are in for quite a mixed bag of experiences here.

The special effects in "Terror Trips" were adequate. Now, it wasn't grand scale special effects, but they served their purposes well enough. The gun shot scenes were toe-curling bad to witness though.

All in all, then "Terror Trips" is not really an impressive horror movie. And if you are a fan of the horror genre, then I guess you might find a bit of enjoyment here and there throughout the course of the movie. But this is not a horror movie that I would recommend for fans of the horror genre to rush out and get to watch.

My rating of "Terror Trips" lands on a four out of ten stars.

A bunch of horror nerds travel to some small town in Europe to research a horror movie...and foreigners are strange and evil. The plot is basically like Hostel and the movie is excruciating, total garbage.

Horror films are big. It seems that a majority of people love being frightened out of their wits and so many of them become classic, late night showings. This film has a great premise. It's a business involving horror aficionados, of course, who lead guided tours to the locations of some of the most popular horror films ever filmed. Obviously, research is involved. I mean what could go wrong? Am I right? Well...just wait. This little group sets off to Europe to investigate the scene of a maybe true story filmed many years before. Without giving away the plot, suffice to say there are unusual circumstances that arise that send our little group hither and yon searching for answers. Will they be successful? Will they survive? You will have to watch to find out.