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4.1/10
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A mysterious creature terrorizes five teenage friends after their bus takes a shortcut on a desolate road in the wild.A mysterious creature terrorizes five teenage friends after their bus takes a shortcut on a desolate road in the wild.A mysterious creature terrorizes five teenage friends after their bus takes a shortcut on a desolate road in the wild.
Raffaele Buranelli
- Reggie's Father
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This is a decent, well directed UK horror that just misses the mark. The story is interesting, and keeps itself watchable due to many shifts and revelations - but the antagonist and idea of the initial set-up are too similar to Jeepers Creepers 2 not to invite comparisons, and the 'misunderstood' character of Reggie is too much of a nasty little poser to ever side with. But then, I think we're supposed to cheer when the nerdy girl gives the monster the one-fingered salute and calls it a '****ing piece of s***.'
The young cast does lend this caper a kind of more serious Scooby Doo vibe. Other than that, this is a mildly horrific way of spending 77 minutes. My score is 6 out of 10.
The young cast does lend this caper a kind of more serious Scooby Doo vibe. Other than that, this is a mildly horrific way of spending 77 minutes. My score is 6 out of 10.
It's not too bad for a low budget monster movie but there's not much horror to be had. Wasn't that scary but the creature makeup was ok. Similar to Jeepers Creepers but isn't as big budget as that or as action packed. Still it's watchable even if not very thrilling.
The kids acting wasn't bad, but differently not realistic for situation. Story tried so hard to be a coming of age story it missed opportunities to do that. Strange flash backs. Unrealistic choices made by characters.
I liked the actors. The British teen-agers seem more like real people, than the often smarmy, precocious teens often portrayed in US movies. I found the first half of the movie interesting and well photographed. When the monster showed up, it seemed like a different movie, which didn't seem congruous and was poorly thought out. I found the second half of the movie poorly conceived and very weird, but not in a good way.
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Box office
- Budget
- €1,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $588,869
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $243,508
- Sep 27, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $600,734
- Runtime
- 1h 20m(80 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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