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Shrooms (V)
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This film was ok to watch, some scenes were quite creepy, if the film was bigged up then it would've been crap, but I like it. It's a cool idea, the case cover is awesome.
Fell asleep about an hour in. Some of the visuals were pretty cool but I dunno I just wasnt feeling it too much I guess. Ir didnt help that the only kill I saw was completely off camera, I hate when movies do that.
I liked this movie, but I didn't expect much from it. I figured it would be your run of the mill cheesey drug/horror movie, but I feel it rose above that and was even pretty spooky at times. Maybe the people who didn't like this movie have never had a "shroom" experience to know how freakin' trippy this movie really is! And I liked the twist ending. I found this movie entertaining, spooky, and I liked the acting, especially the lead girl :)
Shrooms is a poorly done film in every way except scenery. The effects for the trips were cheesy looking, the plot was tired and unoriginal, you can see the "twist" coming from a mile away and the entire film unfolds in a very predictable fashion. Everyting in this film is ripped off from other horror flicks. It's all here: old school/asylum/church/institution or other such place where kids/patients/the insane were brutally murdered, college kids getting high, backwoods hillbillys, and of course the twist ending...ready...it was her the whole time! Holy crap, saw that coming from ten minutes in. Watching this was an incredibly huge waste of a day off. The acting was terrible and the writing worse. Lindsey Haun's performance in particular was sporadic and unbearable. Just ugh.
This is a poor atempt at a great horror. As usual, a load of pathetic American teenagers go to Ireland for some reason, and eat a bunch of unknown mushrooms. As you do. As you suspect, they start seeing things, start hacking at each other and most of them go insane. Well, why the hell did the idiots eat the mushrooms, then? I asume this shows how idiotic the American teenagers are these days, that srop out of school to eat magic mushrooms. Anyway, back on the story. As I said, the idiots eat the mushrooms, and start seeing strange things, and start killing each other without known what there doing, with some help from a "killer". I did like the scenery though, a wonderful setting with some nice gory kills in there, but nothing special at all. I would say, horror fans, stay away from this, because the re - cycled idea's and lame acting will get you nowhere. Avoid. 3/10
What could have been an excellent mindfucking trippy as hell horror, ended up a boring dissapointment. With crappy acting, a horribly slow pace, and a plot and story with more holes than swiss cheese, this movie was pretty damn bad.
Good idea for a movie, but could have been a lot better.
How to destroy a great idea. Wonderful scenery, cool atmosphere, but shitty actors, way too many cliches and a twist-ending that was much too High Tension.
Fun fun fun! Not the best movie ever but perfect with a group of friends. We cracked up and had a great time. I'd watch it again!
Many reviews of this picture have statements saying this film was below par. I’d like to give both sides of the story. Yes Shrooms is not the greatest movie in the world, but I do feel it’s up to you to interoperate it. Shrooms is an example of a film you ether love or hate, there really isn’t any in between. I think this film was a good film but in the end it’s up to you. Shrooms is a cool film were you don’t really know what to believe. All the characters take hallucinogens so you can’t really tell if you’re seeing someone trip or really see something. The filming of the picture was very good, it really used the landscape and weather to there advantage. However, I think there needs to be more originality in some of the gags. Over time some of the events used in the film have become stale which requires more creativity to take an over used, stale gag and make it have more impact for the many who are big fans of the genre. The plot of Shrooms is very good, many cool idea’s and something I liked a lot was there was very little down time. Some films just don’t have enough content to support a film that’s trying to fit an hour and a half duration. Shrooms gives you something to process in just about every act. The shots in which a character trips is done well, it’s almost nauseating at times but I’d assume that’s how the effect feels. Some points of the film are a little far fetched but if you let yourself get invested into the film you’ll see it’s not too bad. Shrooms is a film you can’t take too seriously, this is a horror flick you have to use your imagination just like many other horror pictures. As I said before it’s up to you to interpret the film, you’ll ether love it or hate it. In my opinion Shrooms is worth a watch; let your mind run wild with this film. After all this is a film about hallucinogens, believe in the film and you’ll enjoy it. -Zombie
you watch the trailer and the skinny guy slinking through the forest looks scary, and to be honest it was his fault that I requested someone buy me this DVD for my birthday. Watching it though it could have been so good, and it did have a few jump moments in it, but I would advise that you don't watch it. The ending, and majority of the movie just messes with your head.
this movie was shot well great scenery and visuals but the mindfuck storyline looses you early on.It was a decent try but not for me.
it might of been good plot but it turned out not that good.....I think that it could of been better but not made like that.
While not an utter waste of time the movie seemed to deliver the goods it promises in the beginning. The acting and direction are good as is the photography. The "twist" ending was unnecessary really. Worth one viewing but true genre fans will find it wanting.
Great twist, good movie. . .had its funny moments, a creepy hair chilling moment or two, and blood. . .what more can you ask for when you are wanting an entertaining horror movie, but one that isnt to engrained in the philosophy of the genre that only a true fan would enjoy it, so fan of the genre or just an occasional, good choice.
A Strange and interestingly morbid film that is unpredictable and unlike most conventional horror films and I felt it was a bit over the top with some things, it has enough punch to leave a lasting effect on the viewer to think about the film after it's over with, it's a strange trip, perhaps that was the message of the movie, and I dont recommend doing shrooms while watching shrooms. ive never tripped before and after seeing this film, im glad that I havent before and still never plan on it either.
Man, what a genious pallete for freeing fresh ideas. Unfortunately, Shrooms, despite its wonderful plot ideas, amounted to nothing more than an average PG 13 slasher film. Great location, great look to the film, the atmosphere of the film was decently executed, and the cinematography was well done, acting wasn't great but hey, this is horror, and the idea was fabulous and once again, nothing was fleshed out to its full potential. Too bad, so sad, this one will fade in time.
Loved the idea of the killer being drugged and having a reason to kill. Opens up a whole new sub-genre for teen slasher films.
bad movie and very bad acting. need i say more ...
Shrooms was a PG13 movie with little gore and blood. It kinda got old after a while and I just wished it would all end. Predictable, watch it once when you have nothing else to do.
Man... people liked this? For me, it was difficult to sit through. The plot is absolutely great, but the execution is just flat-out awful. The acting, structure, deaths...everything was just a great big let-down. Possibly the least enjoyable viewing experience I've ever had, but probably not the worst film.
Get Ready To Get Wasted! Blair Witch On Acid!When youre stoned out of your mind lost in the woods and a talking cow tells you to go back to camp, LISTEN TO THE COW!
Love this Movie! We Cant All be Having the Same Trip or Can We! Nothing Beats PARTY in the Woods and Having the **** Scared out of YOU! Great Film SPOOKS THRILLS HELL OF A GOOD TIME Highly RECOMMENDED SEE IT NOW SCAREDY CATS!
This film screams ameteur and not in a good way. It's cliched, obvious, has it's pace all wrong and manages an absolute zero in originalty. Really very dull. The only thing I can say for it is that it manages to sometimes pull of bleak and trippy camerawork through it's lighting and visual style. It's just a shame the actual film is so bland and unoriginal. YAWN.
Ehh, Well im still a little dumbfounded I literally just finished watching it. the cover art for the box is pretty cool over all, but I really cant say the same for the movie. I watched it on the computer so at the bottom was a little count down til the end of the movie, and I continually was looking at it. The plot and the motive for the killings really made, well no sense at all. I wonder If I was the only one who thouht the movie was super obvious. I don't like obvious movies. And truth be told. I already had everything planned out in my head how things would work, I was pretty much right. I got the death order completely right. I knew who was next everytime. An OK movie overall I will probaly watch it again.
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Worth seeing at least once. I just freaked myself watching alone in the dark, late at night. The acting wasn't great, and the story isn't the best. But the visceral experience of watching it is something that is unique.
oh yeahhh!
Okay, just rented Shrooms and must say LOVE the cover. It was different---I like the ghost story leading into the trip. The acting was so-so but the ending was a shocker (no spoilers here) Check it out over a fine cabernet.
rented this not expecting much but in the end i wads impressed. it was good enough 2 put in theatres. sure it wasn't perfect, but it was different from alot of horror these days. it wasnt scary but did have decent blood and gore and did have a good story. this is recommended to watch until the nxt horror movie the strangers hits theatres. im starting 2 rent the straight 2 dvd horror since there is no horror coming 2 thatres until may 30th and, this is one all of u should check out.
I Thought this movie great. The filming, actors, story, were all really great. the movie kept you into it. proly one i will deff. be buying to add to my collection and deff. one i will be watching a few more times. :D
pretty good.
Alright I was very skeptical going into this but it turned out being a pretty good movie. Ya there could have been more gore and the acting could have been better but I liked the story. The mood really creeped me out like at the end when that killer is chasing the girl and was creepin and stuff. But ya I thought this was a good movie.
This movie was a total waste. You can see the "suprise" ending about 10:00 minutes into the film. The characters sucked, I was rooting for them to be killed half way thru. The film looked great technically, however, all the good camera work and mood was killed by a lame script and poor acting.
pretty creepy and overall it was pretty good. NOT one of those movies with the corny acting or anything, I think it was good enough to be in theaters, the only downside of it is towards the end, it is hard to keep track, of, but I would reccomend it
I just got done watching this movie on HD Net and wish I had the last hour and a half back of my life. Simply put bad horror movie. No character development, weak plot, no cool kills, and not even accurate on the shrooms experience. (Who throws up after eating shrooms, it's peyote that makes you puke.) And where is the shrooms cam? It would of been nice to have a Fear and Loathing moment or two. If you are puzzled by why you don't really see the kills during the film, as I was. It will make sense at the conclusion sort of. Spoiler Alert!!! High Tension Watch with low expectations. Short and sweet review.
A group of teenagers have just arrived to Ireland to meet with their friend, Jake (Jack Huston), who has promised them a literal trip of a lifetime. The plan is to go camping and in the process, hunt for Liberty Cap mushrooms, aka "magic mushrooms". Once enough have been collected, they will brew it into a tea, drink it, and then experience drug-induced "energy, visual hallucinations, uncontrollable laughter and profound wisdom". Once the camp has been set up, and the group begins their scavenger hunt, Jake finds that another type of mushroom is populating the forest this season called the Deaths Head mushroom. This nasty fellow is a fungi that, according to legend and in complete contrast to the ones they are looking for, allows you to speak with the dead, demonstrate uncontrollable ferocity, shape-shifting as well as the supernatural ability of premonition. The catch being that all of these abilities will be bestowed upon anyone who eats the mushroom and does not have it shut down their heart, lungs and kidneys. Their trip is about to turn into a bad one, in both ways, as one of the group makes the extremely stupid mistake of eating one of these dreaded fungi, and starts seeing the future...a future that involves a figure cloaked in black stalking and killing her friends one by one. Talk about a buzz kill. Paddy Breathnach's Shrooms is a slasher film that takes the psychological horror route, echoing such films as Session 9 or even The Blair Witch Project, but nowhere near as effective. Instead of gore or extreme violence, Shrooms tries to garner the scares from the beautiful and creepy atmosphere of the Northern Ireland woods as well as using camera techniques and editing, attempting to create the visuals and surreal scenes one may expect if having a nightmare, or in the case of Shrooms, under the influence of a hallucinogenic. These tactics are used successfully a few times in the film, but by the end of the film they actually end up making you feel as if you have been a bit cheated and that the film was playing loose with it's own rules in an attempt to keep you wondering whether any of what you are watching is actually happening, or at least happening the way you are seeing it. This is a shame, too, as the premise was a great one rife with all kinds of possibilities...seriously, a group of teens tripping in the woods when a killer strikes? It almost writes itself. Unfortunately, Shrooms is a movie that contains nothing any horror\slasher fan hasn't already seen before, and done better, even if it is aptly directed. In fact, the film follows the slasher formula so well, you will probably have figured out the entire movie 30 minutes in and predict exactly how it will end. Breathnach shows he has a good eye at times, with a few camera techniques working well and a few scenes being just creepy enough to linger in memory after you are done watching the film. In particular, one of the teens late night romp in the woods after he has drank enough hallucinogenic tea for six people (complete with a talking cow), and another scene involving one of the females and a sinister conversation with two of the local denizens. The fact that this film takes place in the woods, and then later, an abandoned building in the same woods, help the film keep a somewhat creepy vibe throughout, even when the film fizzles in the last act. The young cast are easy on the eyes, but that's about all that can be said. None of the characters are particularly likable, aside from Jake, but he gets put into the background midway into the film. Lindsey Haun does ok in the lead, but there is really nothing spectacular about the character to keep her out of the ranks of all the other unmemorable female leads that have starred in all the other second-rate slashers. The remaining cast are capable yet interchangeable, and while they do a passable job at acting scared, none of the cast act as if they are under the influence of any mushrooms that would cause some of the things they are seeing. The musical score by Dario Marionelli is formulaic but does work when it is supposed to even if it is a little too familiar. Ireland has never been known as a mecca of good horror movies. In fact, they are not known for horror movies at all. Things have changed a bit lately, with the arrival of such mediocre Irish offerings such as Dead Meat, Boy Eats Girl and Isolation. While not exactly stinkers, none of them rise past possible rental status. Shrooms doesn't break the mold as it is not really a bad horror film, but aside from some spooky scenery and a couple creepy scenes, it ends up being unexceptional and by-the-numbers. It does have a kind of cool poster, though. Blimey! |
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