Interesting film - expected more though

Rating: 7/10 (11 September 2012)

***WARNING! Contains some spoilers! (Well, I'd consider them to be spoilers anyway, little ones. Anyway, you've been warned)*** I have a mixed opinion about this film. At the beginning, I was picking up a few clichés (i.e. the GPS in the car not recognising the location, not being able to pick up any mobile phone signal, a seedy-looking cabin, 5 city kids going into the countryside) but the plot soon took a twist and I realised that it wasn't a typical horror film. Although I really despise horror films and this particular one had so many jump-scares to even count, I found it quite gripping and found myself wanting to watch until the end (even though I'd managed to identify another terribly predictable cliché - that they'd all die one by one). One element I don't understand is the "torture" theme, we were informed of a "torture room" in the cabin and I assumed they were going to be tortured in that room as their death, but the whole idea was just forgotten really (I wouldn't really have liked to see that kind of death, I just thought it was odd). As for the ending, what even was that? It all seemed to happen so quickly and I thought it'd end differently, but I was just left wondering what I'd watched. Good film, but I expected more from it. Definitely one to watch (but if you're easily affected by jump scares like me - I'd skip it if I were you)