Freaktana A Major Disappointment

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Amthermandes Shrooms is one of those movies you should already know everything about before even watching it, just based on the premise. A group of friends experiencing mushrooms trips in the wilderness, turns into a deadly fiasco indistinguishable from reality. A standard run-of-the-mill campy horror flick, complete with a horror movie starter-set cast; the smart and relatable lead female character, the annoying idiot jock, the goofball stoner, the b*tch, the outcast female, and the handsome nice guy (who also is occasionally, like in this case, the foreigner). The movie has good, maybe even great moments. I especially like the 2 "locals," their characters aren't new to this genre, but they're fun and quite creepy and add an interesting flare to the movie. Some of the effects are well done, and the story is entertaining enough to keep you interested, and the very end gives the movie a nice touch.However, the movie is riddled with clichés, the predictable jumps scares, and the gore effects aren't as good as they could have been. There's a part towards the end of the movie where they had so many chances to make to good, but it turned out rather boring. Everything else is pretty standard, nothing special or particularly bad about the acting, directing, or screenplay. In short, it's an average run-of-the-mill horror flick. If you're looking for something amazing, this isn't it, but if you're bored or are just a horror fan looking to enlarge your viewing collection, it's definitely worth a watch.My favorite scene: The scene in the home of the two locals, I love the dialogue between them, very unsettling.

SanteeFats Maybe I am too old but this was a movie that I don't think should have been made. Maybe someones love interest needed a show piece? First why the hell would you travel all the way to Ireland to trip on some mushrooms? There plenty available in the U.S. Tara takes what I guess would be called a death cap and survives. This gives her "the second sight" able to see some of the future. The only problem is everyone is still tripping on the shrooms. Since there are no black people in this movie the steroid using rage freak is the first to die. They start dieing off one by one. All this from a myth that is true. There seems to be four creatures involved. The only boy to survive the massacre in the boys school because he was with the guard dogs in the kennel (from the shot of his mouth when Holly dies, a cannibal), a sadistic pedophile "Brother" of the monastery that ran the school and two very inbred woods men(?). For some reason the police show up at the end and saves Tara. She is actually the killer of everyone. Possessed? Psycho from the shroom? I don't know but I will admit the ending was a little surprising to me.

Michelle Millard I watched this movie several years ago when i was dating someone that had no money nor motivation so we watched horror flicks for a straight year lol. I have a point, there were only about a dozen that made an impression enough for me to recall it and recommend it to my friends. I loved this movie. Is it The Exorcist, no. But if you enjoy watching horror flicks anything you can get your hands on from Midnight Meat Train, to zombie flicks, to Saw.... You will love this. If I had to think of other movies that combined would create this I would go with Blair Witch Project meets young comedy Without a Paddle meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The movie has some funny moments but I would definitely not reference it as a comedy. It can be hard to follow at times and the characters can be annoying at times but sometimes it's necessary to not love all your characters. If you don't love horror flicks, you should pass but I'm thinking that if you are reading the reviews, this must be your genre. Watch the movie, I think most will really enjoy.

Quebec_Dragon You might be attracted by the somewhat unconventional, yet artistic, movie's cover (mushrooms in moonlight looking like a skull) or the subject matter (yes: hallucinogenic mushrooms), I know I was, but be wary as this film basically disappoints on more than one level. 3 guys and 3 girls (including 2 couples) basically go to a forest in Ireland to camp and trip out on wild mushrooms. However, as things tend to do in horror films, things go bad when the wrong type of mushroom is ingested and a scary local "true story" might still have consequences today. You would tend to expect some bad "tripping" being an excuse for some crazy visuals and a generally wild, thrill ride. It turns out the visuals are rather tame and not very imaginative. Some of it can be explained by the very low budget. Don't expect great visual effects. I did like the mostly subtle blurry effects at certain points making your own eyes unfocused and enhancing slightly the sense of uncertainty and unease. There were a few other nice cinematic touches such as whenever the blonde girl woke up.I wish I could have cared more about what was real or hallucinatory, but it wasn't exploited well, and I just didn't care enough to ask myself the question. You see, the blonde girl seems to have premonitory visions, you then follow her to see how true it was or not. It might be nice in concept, but in practice it kills some of the suspense. For those interested, there's practically no gore (this film being of cutting away just before the kill variety) and no nudity. I think the worst offender is that for a horror thriller, it gets boring. I've watched this film twice now in less than a year, and each time I started yawning a little over midway through. Also something to consider is that I remembered basically nothing of it on the 2nd viewing, so I would guess it's pretty forgettable fare.It's a short film, but it feels much longer and not in a good way. The pacing is sometimes too slow (especially in the house) and the "creepy" atmosphere is lacking (daylight doesn't help). The very cold, desaturated lighting and colours were probably intentional, but it made the movie less appealing. The acting was acceptable, but the fear of the actors didn't transmit well to me, the viewer. To be fair, this lack of fear factor was probably due to more important factors such as the directing and the script. The best moments involve the jerky jock tripping out: talking to a cow and what comes afterwards. It speaks volumes that this "best" part was more amusing than horrific. The scary campfire story, establishing the horror mythology, was interesting as was the clever ending. However, on third viewing, with the commentary, I saw that the director "cheated" on the filming logic (no, he didn't say it) making guessing the ending seem a little unfair instead of completely satisfying. That ending almost saved the rest, but the rest was too lacking in the first place. I'm not even sure I would recommend the film as a rental.Rating: 3.5 out of 10 (Poor)