Film both mocks and provokes.

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 1999)

I attended the film with my twenty-one and twenty-two-year-old sons. While the film reminded me of a horror version of Real World, it was not that scary. I think the profanity was way overdone and if most college students need to use the f-word to fill in the gaps as many times as these actors did, then woe to the world! There were a few frightening scenes, although the "stick-and-rope" people was not one of them. I found the rock piles captivating as they were slightly druidic as was the scene where Heather discovers Josh's clothing wrapped around something grotesque and bloody. The story-line was great, and the ending captivating, but all of the bickering between the actors about the map, getting lost, and needing a cigarette, ( embellished with all of that profanity I mentioned), took away most of the horror the film was meant to convey. The best thing about the film was the dialog that followed after the return home. My twenty-something sons actually spent time discussing something other than baseball standings and Tekken 2, and that was refreshing. I spent $7.50 on the ticket to see the film, and if I had to do it over again, I would wait until it came out on video. This film can be watched on small screen and lose nothing at all.