I'm sure the best thing about the set, to the filmmakers, is that it was free. The remote forest is pristine, primeval, and most of all, ominous. I thought of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories, so-called civilized man venturing into the darkness, possibly to meet his doom. These are familiar scenes to viewers who have camped. What makes the characters take notice is the unfamiliar noises during the blackest part of night.
Rocks knock together, branches rustle, and human voices cry hoarsely and once even laugh.
Mostly for the chances it takes to be different. The premise is a cool idea, and you can't help liking these indedpendent filmmakers and their gutsy young actors. My bottom line is that the piece succeeds as a psychological study as much as any other genre. But 'Jaws' is a suspense film, not properly horror. There's the rub.