Shrooms Reviews

this movie generally gets ok reviews. it deserves better really. no its not perfect but its successful and occasionally creepy enough to warrant some respect.

the front cover mentions blair witch. other than being in a possibly "haunted" woods and generally being isolated theres almost nothing else in common with that movie. certainly none of the "first person" filming. it has more in common with "high tension".

there are moments especially at the beginning which almost doom the movie. these are not the best actors nor the best script. however the actors are definitely good and the script never falls apart or get go below average.

the story is straight forward ghost story in the woods. a group of young kids go out into the woods....yeah you know how it goes. the mushroom tripping is probably a tad different but not really unnecessary to this movie...its not just drug use its about the connection between what ends up happening to them and whether or not its really happening. the drugs cloud when and how things happen. and in truth thats my largest dislike of the movie, in so much as when the movie does come to an end the cause is hastily flipped through. too hastily. still its explained and theres still a little to come and all in all it was fun, creepy, interesting, and generally damn good for a horror movie. i was more impressed than i ever expected to be from it.

if you think the drug use slant is a cheap device...and admittedly it sounds like a really stupid movie...you'd be missing a decidedly decent horror flick.