In June of 1994, one of the most brutal mass slaughters in history occurred in the backwoods of northern New England. Four months later, history is about to repeat itself. The end of summer signals the brink of manhood for a group of lifelong friends who proudly call New Hampshire their home. But when they embark upon a local rite of passage - traveling north for one final weekend of debauchery together - it just might prove to be their final weekend PERIOD, as this rite is doomed to go frightfully wrong. When they find themselves ensnared in a struggle for survival amongst a sinister hunting party, a bloodthirsty tribe AND a mythical beast, what began as a comedy of errors devolves into an all-out Darwinian duel to the death, and less than 24 hours will pass before a slew of lives have been claimed and the last of the living remains.
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A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire is a comedy horror film that only fans of the lowest brow style of comedy will enjoy. It's about the usual party of morons who go out into the woods to celebrate in style only to run afoul of the various denizens already living in the depths of the forest. These include rapist rednecks and a little-seen monster.While I appreciate this movie's lightness of touch, I have to say that the comedy is really diabolical and overstated. That it is occasionally amusing is purely down to the wacky editing which enlivens some of the otherwise dumb moments that would be forgettable if filmed normally. Some cheap gore doesn't do much to distinguish this otherwise uneventful production.
This is one of those movies that thinks it's winking at you and being playful with the genre, sort of the way Scream did. But it's strictly amateur hour, so badly acted and written that the effort just ends up being embarrassing. Let me put it this way. It's one of those movies that distorts the picture and plays ominous music all the time (and I do mean ALL the time) so as to telegraph to you that something scary is happening, when nothing scary is happening.It's not a matter of it being low budget, as they actually seem to have had some money. (And some of the scariest movies are super-low budget.) It's not a lack of money, it's a lack of the basic ability to frighten or otherwise entertain.
Since IMDb displays a User Rating which ignores the actual mean score in favor of a mysterious, much lower "weighted" average, it seems only appropriate to also display some of the high praise that the film has been receiving from actual horror media/critics:"Goriest Scene Of The Year . . . a sumptuous visual feast" - Rue Morgue"An intense and gory little surprise of a horror film . . . Highly recommended" - Ain't It Cool News"The kind of indie horror movie every filmmaker should aspire to make." - The Film Splice"One of the most gleefully gruesome movies you're likely to see this year." - Attack of the Couch Potato"A high-tempo celebration of backwoods depravity" - Film Threat"Gnarly, graphic and in your face" - Film Bizarro"Brilliant style . . . a truly joyous experience for all fans of splatter!" - Extreme Horror Cinema"A gore lover's delight . . . a stunning celluloid achievement" - Thy Demons Be Scribblin"An ultra-gory, in-your-face, Deliverance-inspired backwoods nightmare." - Johnny Veins"Gloriously gory . . . a wicked sense of black humour." - Haddonfield Horror"If you are a gore hound, you absolutely have to check out the film." - Dreadworld"Remains tense and entertaining throughout . . . Definitely worth a look!" - Search My Trash "The story is elevated, next-level insanity" - A Southern Life in Scandalous Times"Like a car wreck you can't look away from, and don't want to" - The Horror Honeys"A must watch!" - Horror Movies Blog"This is one you will want to put in your collection." - Horror Society"This movie is a bloody gem." - Rogue Cinema"Made me feel like I was using drugs when I was not" - Wicked Channel"I watched this movie and got a wicked case of the fuzzies." - Reel Bloody"Makes 'Deliverance' look like a nice vacation in the woods." - Horror News Network"This massacre is surely one that should be sitting on your shelf." - Killer Reviews"Keeps viewers glued to the TV" - Splats of Blood
I was lucky enough to see this at one of the 3 screenings last weekend 6-14-15. For an independent horror this was really good. The story keeps you going from beginning to end, and leaves you thinking is this the end? If you have the chance give this movie a chance. Do not let other people who have given their reviews sway you from seeing this film that was filmed in New Hampshire. I hope that the director gets a chance to make more independent movies and that he can film in New Hampshire again as it shows that he took pride in the film and took his time in releasing it to make sure that it was his vision. It showed that he really took pride in making this movie
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