jdollak I love camp movies. I love horror movies. I love time-travel movies. I love 80s movies. In a certain way, I love low-budget movies. But I don't love this movie. In fact, I had a hard time sitting through it. First, it looks like it's shot on video. But the coloring is a little too vibrant for that, so it's probably shot digitally. There are occasionally shots that use some very cheap effects, usually just slowing down a shot slightly, and creating a choppy looking blur. Second, the script is packed with writing that is alternately awkward and annoying. Characters are drawn in a way that makes us unable to care about their predicament. In fact, because of how bothersome the characters are, we feel mildly cheated by the ending. Third, the plot is a clever enough idea. But the execution is so poorly handled that the viewer has an internal tension. In between passages of being bored and annoyed with the acting and the script, I would recognize that there was actually a decent idea buried under all of the nonsense that the movie uses.There's a long sequence about halfway through the movie, which only serves to provide some more on-screen death and gore. That's fine, except that the sequence doesn't seem to be tied into the plot at all. In fact, it seems to be pulling the plot in a direction that never happens.There are some homosexual undertones to the movie. And that would be fine, except that they never resolve. They exist for the sake of existing. To make this clear - if they had included heterosexual romantic undertones to the movie at all, and never created a payoff for that, I'd be bothered by that just as much. In the context of this movie, I have a suspicion that these were included since they thought they would be funny.The plot twists a bit in the second half, and it turns into a different type of movie. This doesn't help it. I made me feel a bit more helpless to stand against the tide of nonsense that the movie pushes. The plot developments suggest obvious questions, but those problems are ignored.Substantial spoiler-If they've lived through this loop for years upon years, wouldn't the killers get bored? They all seem to be aware, but it seems difficult to maintain the motivation. And the victims are aware that they'll be killed, but they never seem to learn to get out of it. If they had no knowledge of the loop, it might make sense.There are attempts at humor sprinkled through the movie, but none of the jokes are worth the breath used to speak them. They drag the movie down, and make watching this a chore.I can't watch this movie again. And I'd suggest you don't either.I've given this movie two stars because I could understand what most of the shots were. The sound was poorly mixed, but intelligible. And there was some reasonably classy music.Avoid it.

tuckywoodproductions I will say that unlike most comments, I liked the look of this movie. The time warp thing should have been used more. After it was introduced, they never really done anything else with it.The gore was pretty lame. Every kill was almost the same. Maybe a little cherry pie filling coming out of the mouth. The score was pretty nice. The composer did a great job with the 80's themed music and the use of strings, which really captured the sound of the 80's slasher. I agree with the other comments with the over use of close ups. It's like they had a camera mounted Mic and were trying to stay in close enough range for the best audio. I think these filmmakers have some talent, I think they just need to concentrate more on good audio, and developing a solid plot.

true_longhorn88 I'm not very good at writing reviews, but the sheer awfulness of this movie compels me to do so.Let me state for posterity that this could have been a great movie if it had been done right.OK.They decided , first of all, that a scene showing a quick motion of a hand with an arrow or circular saw blade (yes, they actually use that as a weapon), followed by a scene of someone clutching their throat or chest, or gushing up a fountain of blood from the mouth(even if not hit in vitals that make you bleed from the mouth), was a perfectly acceptable way to show a murder. Or being choked, and not struggling very hard to get free or anything. Seriously, I've seen school projects with about as much realism. The murders also get repetitive. If you were to play a drinking game, and drink a shot every time two people got stabbed with same pike, or pitchfork, or arrow, or whatever, you would be f-ed up by the end of the movie, my friend.Hey, you know that Ted Nugent reality show on VH1? Where it starts out with that arrow going through his property and it looks like it's attached to the camera while it's 'flying'? They actually used that effect when one of the campers was killed by an arrow.Also, they don't go in depth in the story at all. Normally, I don't mind this and give most movies the benefit of the doubt, but when the most you get out of this for a plot is "So, they killed everyone, and now there is this magical curse on the camp or something, so they have to kill everyone everyday, and they have to kill 4 non-campers to escape it, but they don't want to leave the camp, but they want to kill the non-campers anyway?", you know it is bad.The camera, sound, and lighting effects noticed in the other reviews are absolutely right, meaning all the technical stuff is horrible. I couldn't make out half of the things they say, even after rewinding it.There was way to much stuff that was complete filler. The stuff mentioned already in other reviews like the drama counselor killing everyone, the psychic visions, the unnecessary glove thing, it was all not needed.The dialog was not only corny, but unnecessary, repetitive, boring, and inane.I believe that the girl that survived should have been the first killed. I would have given the movie a three or something then, because I got so annoyed by her constant 'bad-girl-thang' chatter that even I wanted to kill her by the end of the movie.The ending was also the worst I have ever seen. She's a novelist now, for no reason whatsoever other than (I guess) to create a suspenseful ending and, oh yeah, the murderers find her somehow. They then decide to warn her that they will be at her book signing tomorrow, while a photo of them, all gangsta like with beanies and stuff, appears. Wooooooooo, creepy!! Also, you have to wonder how she explained that all of her friends were dead when she got home.There's just way to much sheer bad to write a legible review and get all of the details in, so...If none of this convinces you not to rent this movie for reasons other than a good laugh, just think about this: A guy gets killed by ONE hand choking him to death from behind a tree. ONE HAND. He apparently forgot that he had arms and legs and stuff with which to fight back.Seriously, if you want to see a bad horror movie, go watch Frankenfish because it at least had some redeeming qualities. This offers absolutely nothing.I say this in all seriousness when I state that this is the absolute, hands-down, worst movie I have ever seen.

Alex Thompson (MysteryMovieMan) OK, Me and some friends decided to get some movies one night. I went off to get a movie and let them decide on what to get. When they showed me the movie and I read the back, I knew we should have put it down and walked away. It was a great idea for a movie, but if it was done badly, it would have been terrible. The reason I told this fun little story was because the drive to the Hollywood Movies down the road was scarier than this movie. Let me elaborate.From the beginning to end this movie reeks of its "C" rate quality. Poor camera angles, bad acting, and the way-too-often use of the close-up shot make it hard to watch to begin with. Then, the killings make it even harder to watch, at least without laughing. In one instance, A couple is "smoking" and begin to make out. The man hears a noise and looks to see what is was. While he turns you hear a very vivid "wosh" of an arrow. He turns back and begins to make out with his very dead girlfriend while she is covered in blood and has an arrow in her neck. It takes him about 40-50 seconds to figure out that she is indeed dead. Then, instead of yelling, he runs away from the camp, into the middle of the woods, then yells. I understand its a movie, but the amount of unbelievability of it was just too much.The only reason I don't give this movie a 1 is because I found it to be funny as hell, but for all the wrong reasons. Film teachers should use this move to describe all the things not to do when making a movie.