Evil Breed The Legend of Samhain (2003)

Two American tourists on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later, during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of American university students moves into a beautiful cottage, surrounded by a lush forest and a majestic lake They are here to learn about the rituals of the ancient Druids and other Celtic legends. But in the remains of an abandoned copper mine, lives the ancestors of an incestuous clan of cannibals. Stalked by a hulking, disfigured mutant, the students and their chaperone are in for the most harrowing time of their young lives. And keeping their heads on their necks will become their main concern...

Oh dear, oh dear! Can it really be that difficult, one wonders, to make a decent horror/slasher? This has almost everything going for it, including effective direction and special effects, an OK cast where the lack of acting ability is off set by flesh courtesy of imported ladies of porn, BUT where was the script? There may be inane youngsters who talk like this but surely only a few 13 year olds can bear to see a third of a movie where instead of character development we have mobile phone style chat! The pre credit sequence is very good and the ending almost redeems the movie but it's the same old problem, you have a bunch of youngsters out in the woods and they are going to die one by one. If we as the audience, instead of fearing for them are hoping they go quickly the movie is doomed, and so it is doomed despite all the good points and great effort that must have been put in to make it look as good as it does. Shame on all concerned that nobody noticed how appalling the dialogue really is.