After seeing all the positive reviews on IMDb, I thought I would give this one a try. I liked the first half of the film, the acting was good especially for a B grade horror, the characters seemed to be nicely developed , the build up was neat & eerie at an almost perfect pace.
However, after the first half & as it moves towards the end, the movie turns into just about another b grade average, it loses its excitement & turns bland, not the worst, but there isn't anything outstanding about it either. I like the way its shown how the tension & mutual distrust among the characters begins to mount due to the scarcity of food & suddenly some of the members start turning hostile, a somewhat typical trapped in an island/everyone for himself situation, but that was the only part which was entertaining.
There are the mushroom people but there isn't anything scary about them, they could have been just as well substituted by zombies & this could have been another dawn of the dead type average movie, with an add on of the forbidden mushrooms.
There was some scope here & there was potential, but wasn't banked upon. It may appeal to an occasional horror movie viewer but certainly won't suffice for the horror movie veteran. To sum up, the acting & the pacing was good, the plot was decent, the climax mediocre. I give it a 6 ( to be precise 5.5 would be perfect but IMDb rating only has whole numbers XD) , at least it kept me entertained for about 60 minutes & there's much worse out there.
However, after the first half & as it moves towards the end, the movie turns into just about another b grade average, it loses its excitement & turns bland, not the worst, but there isn't anything outstanding about it either. I like the way its shown how the tension & mutual distrust among the characters begins to mount due to the scarcity of food & suddenly some of the members start turning hostile, a somewhat typical trapped in an island/everyone for himself situation, but that was the only part which was entertaining.
There are the mushroom people but there isn't anything scary about them, they could have been just as well substituted by zombies & this could have been another dawn of the dead type average movie, with an add on of the forbidden mushrooms.
There was some scope here & there was potential, but wasn't banked upon. It may appeal to an occasional horror movie viewer but certainly won't suffice for the horror movie veteran. To sum up, the acting & the pacing was good, the plot was decent, the climax mediocre. I give it a 6 ( to be precise 5.5 would be perfect but IMDb rating only has whole numbers XD) , at least it kept me entertained for about 60 minutes & there's much worse out there.