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With no knowledge of these films or their content, and having little expectations. This film isn't as bad as some have made it out to be, and it turned out to be more entertaining than initially expected.

It's clearly meant to be a found footage type horror mockumentary type film, reminiscing of the Blair Witch Project. The acting at times doesn't feel scripted with a majority of the scenes just consisting of these heavily tattooed women arguing, screaming and bickering back and forth.

Its plot is very simply. About a dozen of these models go into an isolated cabin in the woods to film a calendar photo shoot, then one by one a girl goes missing. We don't exactly see how these girls go missing or who abducts/ kills them which keeps it more suspenseful.

Several highlights include the random appearance of the "caretaker" seemingly popping out of nowhere when the women were around the campfire. Then another scene with the police officer arriving to seemingly help the women find of the women who got "lost" in the woods.

Also near latter part of the film when they were down to 7 women was when things got further interesting with the women forming two groups. We see a major blowup amongst them with four of the women leaving the cabin area with the use of the boat, boating across the large river to eventually get back to the remote area. This wasn't exactly clear.

Unfortunately the very ending reveal was completely disappointing as it took away from what we witnessed. We understand the reasoning but there could have been a better ending.

Clearly this is a film for not everyone as there is an abundance of open nudity (from these photo shoots) and these women for the most part aren't exactly likeable with the constant whining and bickering. The standouts are Amina, Daven and Fractal (who looks similar to Krysten Ritter). Don't expect too much and don't expect a full out horror film.

This film is an independent based film and certainly feels like a parody attempt and homages to past sex comedies. The acting over all isn't great as many characters are very over the top and they try acting comical which mostly falls flat. This film feels more so like a soft core adult film but disguised as an art film. The nudity is in about every scene, however not all is in a sexual way. There are brief explicit scenes with many jumping back and forth. It certainly is more than expected as the actors seemed to be enjoying themselves.

The central plot regarding a young innocent girl being brought into this world and somehow stumbling into the house she stays in starts off decent but its plot is very thin and things start getting repetitive. We learn more about different characters and their motives but in the end, it ultimately feels pointless and without consequences. The film isn't entirely bad and the lead is decent to watch but also makes several questionable decisions which we question in the end. The humor is at times very cheesy and cringe with a lot of very forced sequences.

Received raved reviews and praise and several awards upon its release. The story of this film has somewhat of an intriguing premise as it's meant to be a murder mystery of sorts. The overall execution does have strong performances from both leads but in the end we are left with a rather boring conclusion and several things which are confusing. This is a film which seems to have different interpretations and theories which is why people rate it so highly. The characters are completely unlikeable, and the story is simply boring to get through. There is also a lot more nudity than expected. Nothing is exactly clear and its apparent twist in the end is utterly confusing.