Backwoods

I don't want to give away anything about this movie. I'll just say that I love horror movies and have seen quite a few, but none of them disturbed me more than this movie. It wasn't exactly a "scary" movie exactly, but it was definitely a well made movie. I haven't seen the original, so maybe that made it a more positive experience for me. One reviewer gave the movie 1 star, for the same reason I gave the movie 5 stars. "This movie was so deranged and sadistic. It was awful! To think someone would even want to make something like this is awful. Now I remember why I don't watch 21st century horror movies because they keep getting worse and worse!" I agree recent horror movies have gotten worse, which is why I was so pleased with this movie, finally something that doesn't disappoint.

Eight people who apparently work at a video game company go out into the woods for a corporate retreat. Once there, they encounter hulking inbreds who pick them off one by one. Character development is poor, you've basically got the loud mouth guy, the girl with wavy hair, the one without wavy hair, the guy in the FBI hat, and the rest are indistinguishable from one another. The plot actually starts out pretty well, but towards the end it turns into an unintentional laugh fest. I don't think I've ever seen characters in a movie act so stupidly, or seen so many unbelievable things happen one after another. One guy (loudmouth, I believe) gets impaled by two branches, then successfully holds off the bad guys by shooting them with a rifle, hitting them at ranges out to 60 yards or so without aiming, while still impaled the whole time. Another guy hits somebody with a pistol from a distance of about 100+ yards. Heck of a shot for a video game designer. As they are on the run from the bad guys, our characters travel at about 1 mph, stopping to leisurely explore and old house, have a nice chat about how lost they are while one girl has a nervous breakdown, and generally being as annoying as humanly possible. Overall, I'd almost say this is so bad it's good, but it's a Spike TV original, and the fact that they show about 15 minutes of commercials during the last 30 minutes of the movie makes it not worth the effort to sit through.

To me this movie was fantastic. with surprisingly good acting from Haylie duff. when i saw this movie at my local DVD shop i didn't really think much of it. i walked in, looked at it, put it back, then the lady behind the desk said pick one more for $1.00 so i went straight to Backwoods and picked it up. when i got home i put it on and when the starting credits came on i said to myself this movie could be good and i was right. it was like Wrong Turn (just without the inbreds). it keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting more. i wasn't expecting good acting from Haylie Duff but i was quite surprised her acting had improved since the last movie she was in. if you see it cheap you should buy it but don't pay to much for it :)

Honestly...I have to say..I really liked this movie. I thought it wrenched up the thrills even better than the first. I mean, jump scares literally occur about every five minutes (but not in an annoying way). I thought I wouldn't really care about them as much because they weren't a family, but all of the actors did a great job at making you feel for them. I mean, most of the time, you didn't know their name until they died, but who cares? It doesn't mean the movie wasn't good. Another good note was that ALL the kills were extremely gory and I have to say that more often than not, I was not expecting them to happen when they did. I also had a terrible time trying to pick who would die next...but that made the movie much more enjoyable.

Engineering company goes into the woods for a game of paintball and ends up running into a bunch of survivalist nut jobs. TV movie level horror of the sort you've seen better and worse. The problem with the film is that there is no sense of passion for the project. Its all been put together with the ruthless efficiency of a well kept checklist. The result is a film with no suspense, no danger and no reason to watch since you really don't care since everyone blends together into a hopeless morass of sameness. Even the young women blend together one of which is Haylie Duff, as if that is suppose to make it somehow extra special (Laurence Olivier made the film Inchon, but that doesn't mean it was even close to Shakespeare). It's a waste of your time. I think the only thing I've failed to mention is people die. I think this means you need never watch.

A couple camping in the woods is attacked by mountainmen. The girl is abducted to be a breeder. Later, Johnny Dash organizes a paint ball corporate retreat for his workers at a video game company. The store clerk directs the group to the same area in the woods where the couple was taken. Soon, their paint ball game turns deadly and the group is imprisoned in the underground bunker where the locals manufacture drugs. This is a standard low-grade horror. There is blood but not much gore. There is violence but not well done. The actors are mostly B-level as indicated by the presence of Haylie Duff. It's a functional cheap horror that has nothing new or special. It works but only barely. It is all relatively amateurish except for a few solid old-fashion burning and falling stunts.

SPIKE TV may have thought they were trying something new with this film but right from the start it reminded me of "Wrong Turn". Especially when the 2 campers were attacked first the man is killed then the girl runs falls gets caught and dragged away. In "Wrong Turn" it was rock climbers. Then you have the two groups getting lost after getting directions from a bartender, well that is the "Hills Have Eyes" and a gas station. The abandoned military bunker with a "family living in it. Well that could be taken from either "Hills" of "Texas Chainsaw Massaure". The impostor law or forest ranger that takes them back to the home, right out of "TCM". The real ranger showing up then getting shot with an arrow "WRong Turn". The use of captured women for breeding "Hills Have Eyes 2". Nothing about this movies was original in any way not even the ending which is now over down in every movie. The acting was at best labored like they knew they were making a a not so good movie. Some of the humor is OK. But it is not a movie worth paying anything to see.

I first discovered "Backwoods" when I was scanning through my TV late one night and saw it on a movie channel. I had never heard of it but read the info on my television guide and decided to give it a try. I am a sucker for a good scary film and I was not at all disappointed by "Backwoods". The scenes are excellently directed and acted, the action is bone-chilling, and the suspense of it all will leave you breathless. If your a fan of films like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Wrong Turn", "Hills Have Eyes" you will love "Backwoods." This film, which was a huge hit when it was released on TV. I just had to purchase this movie on Amazon and I encourage everyone else too! You'll love it

Yes, you've seen this many times before, "Hills Have Eyes" and "Texas Chainsaw" being the obvious models (albeit with a lot less gore). City folk road-trip to the country, are attacked by inbred survivalist-type family, etc. etc. But especially a movie you'd find free on youtube or hulu or whatever, this one is at least fast-paced, adequately acted, and so forth. You will forget it pronto, but you don't be bored, unless you're the kind of person who needs a whole lot of nudity and gore to stay awake. OK, seriously, I need to include more lines to post this review? Once you see the movie, you'll understand why there isn't a whole lot to say about it.

I was really surprised by this movie. It's very difficult to find a good horror movie that focuses on one plot and stays on track ( without being distracted by the blonde naked victim running through the woods ) This movie doesn't waste any time, it goes right to the action . Haylie Duff is a wonderful, great actress that fitted in the role perfectly. It's unexpectedly better than the trailers (as it often happens with good movies). My husband and I both thought this was one of the best movies we've seen in a long time. Haylie Duff was meant for this role! The plot was. There was no boring pause in it like you find in some movies. I would recommend this DVD to everyone.