Tuesday, August 31, 2010

SHROOMS (2007) MOVIE REVIEW *NO SPOILER*

SHROOMS MOVIE REVIEW

 

A GROUP OF COLLEGE KIDS VENTURE TO IRELAND TO SEE A FRIEND AND TO GET WASTED OFF SUPPOSEDLY REALLY GOOD SHROOMS. IT’S A CHANCE FOR THEM TO ESCAPE SCHOOL FOR A WHILE AND TRY SOMETHING NEW.

ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN IRELAND THEY HOOK UP WITH THEIR OTHER FRIEND AND TOUR GUIDE. HE TAKES THEM TO THEIR CAMPSITE AND, AFTER THEY SET UP, THEY GO TO THE FOREST TO LOOK FOR THE ELUSIVE MUSHROOM THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. LATER THAT NIGHT THE TOURGUIDE/FRIEND STARTS TO PREPARE THE MUSHROOMS OVER THE CAMPFIRE. THE GROUP DECIDES THAT THEY NEED SOME SCARY STORIES TO COMPLETE THE MOOD. THAT’S WHEN HE STARTS TO TELL THE TALE OF THE EVIL SCHOOL WITH THE TEACHERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY SADISTS WHO TORTURED AND MUDERDED THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE RUMOR HAS IT THAT ONE OF THE CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL TOOK REVENGE ON THE TEACHERS BY LACING THEIR FOOD WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF THE LEGENDARY MUSHROOMS. THE TEACHERS WENT CRAZY AND MURDERED THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. ONLY THREE PEOPLE SURVIVED THE MASSACRE. AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THEY ROAM THE FORREST TERRORIZING UNSUSPECTING CAMPERS OR HIKERS.

THE ACTION STARTS LATER THAT NIGHT WHEN OUT OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION, ONE OF GROUP MEMBERS TAKES A LARGE DOSE OF THE MUSHROOM MIXTURE AND ENDS UP TRIPPING HARD IN THE WOODS. HE FIRST ENCOUNTERS A NAKED WOMAN, A TALKING COW, AND WHAT HE THINKS IS HORNY WOMEN IN A CAR.  HE SOON DISCOVERS THAT HE IS NOT ALONE IN THE FOREST. AS HE CLIMAXES WHILE RECEIVING ORAL SEX FROM AN UNSEEN ENTITY, THINGS GET SCARY AND WEIRD REAL FAST!

I REALLY LOVED THIS MOVIE. YOU INSTANTLY LIKE THE CHARACTERS. EVEN IF THEY ARE THE TOKEN AND STEREOTYPICAL CHARACTERS. THERE’S THE JOCK, THE BITCH, THE STONER, THE UNSHAVEN NATURE CHICK, THE SWEETHEART HEROINE, AND THE SWEETHEART’S SUPER HOTTIE. EACH ACTOR PLAYED THEIR PART GREAT, AND WAS CHEEZY AT THE RIGHT TMES. I ALSO LIKED THE LEGEND OR THE MYTH THAT IS THE CATALYST TO THE STORY. EVEN THOUGH IT STARTS OFF AS MANY HORROR MOVIES DO, WITH THE HORNY COLLEGE KIDS CAMPING IN THE WOODS DOING DRUGS, IT TAKES THE DRUGS ASPECT AND RUNS WITH IT AND GIVES YOU SOMETHING ELSE TO WONDER ABOUT. YOU WONDER IF IT’S A BIG ACID TRIP FOR THEM OR IF THEY ARE REALLY BEING TERRORIZED BY A SADISTIC CHILD TORTURER OR ONE OF THE TORTURER’S VICTIMS.

THE ENDING CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. AND I THANK THEM FOR IT. IT’S NICE TO HAVE EN ENDING THAT YOU REALLY CAN’T PREDICT. ALTHOUGH DURING THE COURSE OF THE MOVIE , SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES OF HOW IT’S GOING TO END OR WHO THE KILLER IS DOES PASS THROUGH YOUR HEAD. I WAS REALLY PLEASED. I DON’T THINK THERE COULD BE OR EVEN SHOULD BE A PART TWO. BUT I REALLY DID ENJOY THIS MOVIE. I RECOMMEND  WATCHING IT SOBER FIRST. AND THEN WATCHING IT HIGH. LOL JUST KIDDING…. OR AM I?

 

LOVE ALWAYS!