Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

cecilliawhite As with a lot of the 'less known' films I tend to watch, I usually pick days or times when the weather outside my home is in correlation with the mood of the film I'm trying to enjoy. That being said, when I watched Dead Wood, I just happened to be doing it while listening to the rain coming down outside.Now, the DVD cover-art has a quote which reads "Sure to scare the hell out of you! -Slasherpool", but for me, this really didn't even come close to happening until the end of the film. For at least 50 min of the film (out of the entire 86 minutes) nothing except gentle plot building occurred. It was hard enough to manage to keep my eyes focused on what I was watching, especially with the rain outside making a better noise than the film. However, after that 50 min (or so) mark, the film greatly started to pick up - almost too quickly.For a good horror film, I think that there should be some length to the entire struggle/mystery that the characters are going through. This wasn't the case, though, for Dead Wood. I also found it somewhat difficult to pick up on what was happening until near the end, which was both good and bad I suppose.All of this being said, I gave the film a 5 out of 10, purely because A) The movie was pretty well made - just with a sub par script, and B) Because the ending finally started building intensity and recaptured my attention.If you're looking for something to 'scare the hell' out of you, this might not be it. But if you want a film that is rather short and takes place in the middle of nowhere, then this is a good choice.

nelsonrbrown I thought this movie was going to be something really scary to watch. The beginning of the movie will lead you to believe it's a truly good horror film. But as the scenes kept progressing and the actors kept getting worse and worse, I knew I didn't have to hide my eyes anymore. I could of done something better with my time,like sit and look at the wall. That would of been more exciting than this film that was that was so wrongly labeled a "horror film." It leads me to wonder where they found these actors. There is absolutely no emotion shown on their faces. Very wooden acting. Please don't waste your money renting this movie. If you want to see it,wait till it comes to television. If it ever does. Instead of it being touted on the horror film channels,it should be on "worst movie ever made!"

dbborroughs Group of people go camping. They get lost, hit a deer and end up more lost. The run into a girl looking for her boyfriend who's missing, and who we saw in the opening minutes come on (where a several foot high drop to a stream became a several story drop to a stream depending upon which shot you see. The film is full of mismatched shot like that). We eventually find out that the girl is possessed by some forest spirit who kills them...and loggers who show up in the coda for transgressing into the sacred wood, or some similar nonsense. Its not really worth going into, trust me. Somewhere down the road you'll that me that you've just saved 80 minutes of your life by not seeing the film and reading this review instead.

kaufman2000 Kim Newman recommended this in the last issue of Empire. He also recommended 100 Feet so the less said about that man the better. This has precisely two moments where the director actually achieves some semblance of 'horror' and one moment where he clearly blew the budget on one special effect. These three scenes collectively last for about ten minutes of screen time and whilst some understanding of how to frighten the viewer is present they are not worth watching the film for. For the rest of the time you are left with a meandering plot that truly contains some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed and that's coming from a fan of low budget horror/indie/B-Movies for 20 years. The quality of these performances are akin to watching a play performed by an below average GCSE drama group. The acting and dialogue are so poor in fact that I wondered if it was intentional. Sadly the film has a disturbing lack of awareness and is seemingly not tongue-in-cheek in its approach. This is the first review I've ever written but it's all come to head lately as I drift from one disappointing new horror film to the next mainly due to the untrustworthy or shilling production company reviews from the IMDb user comments. It's a joke honestly.As Macready says 'Trust is hard thing to come by these days'