If you ignore the constant composition (99.9% of the time it is playing), the conversation between Plummer's character and the Voodoo guy, the poorly written script, and the bad lighting and sound effects...it really isn't that bad of a film. The thing is: you can't really ignore those things because they are front in center throughout the entire film. This film, as many of them in its genre, is a flashback film. There's one survivor, and she's narrating what happened to all her friends. Well, narrating a little bit in the beginning and some at the end.
The acting is actually not that bad by most (even Plummer). The character Mia was my favorite character mainly because she acted really well and she reminds me of the actress Lindy Booth ("The Librarians"). The special effects was sub par but not the worst I've seen. There is tension but it rests mainly in the last 15-20 minutes. Which is sad...though the intercutting of the drumming was very good but they sometimes went to it too often.
The story is simple, sort of like "The Evil Dead" series (films & TV). They read from a book and then a red glowy eyed demon comes after them and starts killing them. It takes place in a cabin in the woods. Things they do to bring it forward: all the sexual tension and scenes, the reading from the evil book, and if you look into the demons eyes: you're dead.
Not to spoil too much of the ending but it was stupid especially with the added slow motion and the double exposure of the eyes. While, yes, that's the exact ending before credits roll I haven't said anything about the lead up to it (which was boring). Overall, I've seen much much worse; this was below average but still just average all in all.
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