Too much of everything

Simply Perfect

Fantastic!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This movie had potential, at least from the directorial point of view. Unfortunately, the story is highly derivative. The "story-in-a-loop" shtick dates back all the way to "Dead Of Night", a movie from the mid-40s, and has been utilized – with great success (I don't mean box-office-wise, I don't care about that) – in the excellent 2009 movie, "Triangle". Hence for this movie to use the same damn plot-twist as a movie that was made just a year earlier is pretty weak indeed. "Dead Birds" also comes to mind, and a few others. Fine, originality isn't the key factor when it comes to horror films, but I still expect to at least not be bored with yet another stereotypical ending. As in "Triangle", even a lot of the plot is on water, in a boat, frcrissakes. That's a little too much.Besides, plenty of nonsense is going on here. 1) The old geezer was shooting down dead teens AND driving the black guy around in a boat, at the same time; this doesn't even make sense within the movie's rather chaotic supernatural-loop premise. 2) He doesn't kill Joe at the camp-fire. Why? He seemed perfectly happy to kill everyone else from that group just a little later. 3) How can the main female character not remember that she witnessed all those murders years earlier? She seems mentally undamaged (apart from picking a loser for a boyfriend). 4) That whole almost slapstick-like nonsense when A wounds B by mistake, with a machete, and then B kills C by mistake (I don't remember their names), and all of this occurring within a mere minute. That's what I call a comedy of errors, not a plot-twist.The cast is generally OK. The two "lesser" females (i.e. the ones we knew would get knocked off eventually because they were featured AFTER the main female character) are fairly attractive. The only issue I have is with the black guy who is a terrible actor, at least for horror films. He almost seemed BORED at times, in spite of being surrounded by impaled friends, loony teens, burned bodies, and aggressive apparitions. His performance is so low-key (that's one way of putting it) that I even suspected briefly he might be somehow involved with the horroric shenanigans. As it turns out, the character he plays was just as much a victim as everyone else on that boat – i.e. he is an appalling actor who can't feign being scared. Perhaps he should have taken part in MTV's drama course, "Scream Queens".The usual clichés: 1) the phone doesn't work (this happens TWICE), 2) 3 pairs of young people, though at least they're 20-somethings as opposed to daft teens, 3) the main couple survives, 4) the others all snuff it, with the overly cocky male being the first victim, 5) the main characters that survive are more intelligent, less aggressive, and more educated than the four who snuff it, 6) and of course the time-loop cliché.There are other ridiculous plot-devices here too, but why bother? This movie barely gets the average grade.

A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.This film is troubled for one reason: it makes absolutely no sense. Burned dog, bloody make-out parties, caged remains underwater... even as we find out more about the story, it makes no sense. I cannot get into any real depth without revealing too much, but I will say if you are waiting for answers, you will not find many.That major caveat being said, the film itself is a fine piece of work -- good acting, good cinematography, good music and lighting. All that can go into a film to make it good has been done here, but the story just was not done right.

As usual some of these reviews seem placed by people attached to the project! There's a lot of Love or Hate hmmmm. This is often the case with these lower budget films but...For what its worth, this is a solidly performed low budget horror with a less than solid conclusion. The journey is fun to watch and compelling although the cinematography is slightley dated.For high-end scares / gore / violence (those things you expect from indie horror) you may find this lacking. But then so are most big budget Hollywood offerings.If you like the genre, this is far from the worst flick out there. Worth a spin. ******

A horror that looks like high-grade 1980s output, which made it spooky and nostalgic in equal measure - the 16mm explains the nostalgic bit.On the positive, the young main characters are attractive - I dug Laura (magazine girl Anna Brewster) and her Kate Moss delivery - very London - and the set up is nicely done, hinting at yikesy things to come, which they do.On the negative side, I wasn't really sure about the movie's central message, but I did like the hook - yes, there is a comparison to Triangle definitely, but this is different again.I'd say that this is not a wide theatrical release type movie but that it's pretty good and quite creepy watching it late at night within the comfort of your own home. Most of the acting makes it feel very natural, very real, and you can (if you shut your eyes and click your heels three times) almost imagine yourself there in amongst those razor-sharp greeny reeds wondering where everyone else is...