Friday, March 26, 2010

Rot: Reunion of Terror (2008)

First I should mention that the girl on the cover is not in the film, so anyone considering renting it for that reason should skip it. In fact, the best idea would be to skip it all together unless you want to see the weakest conclusion ever.

Another in the list of obnoxious characters you don't like and want dead style of movie making that is so popular these days. A group of high school friends is invited to an informal reunion at a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Their host never shows up and the group spends their time trading quips and being idiots.

Only one of them remembers how to get back to the main road and as people start disappearing, they break off into little groups to wander the woods looking for the missing friends.

The explanation for the killings and the killer's revenge on the last surviving member of the group is one of the lamest I've ever seen. Seriously? That's how you're going to punish him? It may not even work. Sure it would cause fear and anxiety, but even if it did work it could take years and years to even cause you problems.

Also of note is the opening which features someone flipping through a yearbook and cutting out pictures of our main characters. The yearbook photos all look the same except for the ones of our cast. They don't have the same background and they are closer to the camera. In fact, the photos appear to be head shots. Good grief! Plus this is another movie with an attractive girl hooking up with an overweight guy she just met.


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