Unoriginal

Rating: 4/10 (11 February 2020)

If you're a true fan of horror, you've seen this type of movie 100 times before. Outsiders unknowingly enter a cult while on vacation/on a trip, they begin to "mysteriously" disappear one by one has the cult kills them off.
What made this movie particularly bad, was all the attention it received as a "good" movie, so I came in with high hopes, even after seeing the preview. I feel those who enjoyed this movie, haven't watched many horror films. For horror fans, there will be zero surprises. You have the main character with a history of family issues and experiences a trauma, obviously they're the hero. As soon as there's mention of the May Queen, you know she's going to be crowned. You know the jerk friend will be killed off for being inappropriate, the one who "geeks" out over cults will be killed for curiosity, from her conversation with Pelle in the apartment, you know Dani is the "chosen" one, etc. They even have the character who's disfigured because of incest.
I will say the only approach that was different, was the use of colour and cinematography. It's a bright, colourful, visually "happy" horror movie. It doesn't go the dark approach. The people of the cult are happy and friendly, even their rituals don't feel "dark". So that gets 4 stars.