Michael's heroin addiction is beginning to test his limits, but when he is kidnapped and taken into the woods, he soon discovers just how far those limits will go.Michael's heroin addiction is beginning to test his limits, but when he is kidnapped and taken into the woods, he soon discovers just how far those limits will go.Michael's heroin addiction is beginning to test his limits, but when he is kidnapped and taken into the woods, he soon discovers just how far those limits will go.
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"The Unraveling" is a genuine and tense horror/thriller without being overly graphic and violent. The film really had a unique premise and backstory. I loved the setup for the main character and I could not stop watching because it really did take me by surprise and went places that I have not seen in a movie before.
I was expecting guys in masks doing some scary killer stuff but what I got was some guy off his nut tripping out the entire film.
Michael, a drug addicted, gets abducted whilst at work by four guys wearing hoodies and hockey masks, he is bundled into the boot (trunk) of a car and taken out to the Californian backwoods. It turns out to be a bachelor party prank played by his friends. This is annoying and misleading because the DVD artwork (British release) shows the four hooded guys looking very menacing and gives the impression that they are gang of brutes. They drink beer, they play pranks and they camp but then, one by one, they are killed by killer/s unknown. Backwoods slasher movies were very popular back in the 1980's and this is a reasonable attempt at being one. But then comes a huge plot twist that completely ruined it for me, quite ridiculous and hard to swallow. Much of the acting is as wooden as the many trees that we see, there are some unsettling scenes of drug use but very little in the way of gore. This movie was never going to be better than average but that dumb ending was very disappointing. Thankfully the running time clocked in at under 80 minutes.
It's a rare thing when I give anything labeled horror more than a passing glance. The genre has become so completely oversaturated by teen slasher flicks, soulless gorefests and inferior remakes. Having said that I'd say this film doesn't quite fit any of those labels. Of course there have been enough horrors over the years for a pretty well defined list of tropes to be a known part of the movie-going consciousness, but at least this film attempts something different though it doesn't quite succeed in the end.
Funny having woken up in rooms similar to the one in the opening, I felt a strange sense of familiarity with it.
+1 Star for the somewhat bizarre opening........
Haha, lying ahole would have been discarded if he hadn't shown up at home after his all nighter with an envelope full of cash......
And then the woodland bachelor party begins......
And bad things begin to happen.....
And then....
-1 Star for the Reveal....wow that was dumb.....
-2 Stars for the Ending...Wow that was really dumb!!!!!
3/10
+1 Star for the somewhat bizarre opening........
Haha, lying ahole would have been discarded if he hadn't shown up at home after his all nighter with an envelope full of cash......
And then the woodland bachelor party begins......
And bad things begin to happen.....
And then....
-1 Star for the Reveal....wow that was dumb.....
-2 Stars for the Ending...Wow that was really dumb!!!!!
3/10
Did you know
- TriviaWhile preparing for the role of Shane, actor Bob Turton reportedly spent 7 weeks alone in a Barstow, California Best Western hotel. When asked why at a recent press junket he responded, "For me, the only way to find a character is to let the character slowly creep into my dreams. That can only happen with complete silence, darkness, and solitude. I've had success achieving that in the Barstow, CA Best Western. Something about the combination of fantastic customer service and the Earth's spiritual vortex in that area always creates a pathway to inspiration for me."
- GoofsWhen the kidnappers first drive away with Michael in the trunk the vehicle has plates on the front and back. During the highway scene to the woods, there are not plates on the vehicle. Finally, when the vehicle stops in the woods, it once again has license plates.
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- 1h 25m(85 min)
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- 2.35 : 1
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