(2009) **1/2I've been putting off this review because these Afterdark Horrorfest films are killing me. I am vowing never to watch any of them during Horrorthon again. Oh the previews always pique my curiosity and I give it and watch them. I have no doubt I'll be watching all 8 of next years submissions as well. I'll just be watching them in a different month. That way I won't have to sit here staring into my monitor trying to write yet another review for a movie that just doesn't quite make the grade. Anyway, a group of friends rent a boat and venture out into the reeds for what is supposed to be a fun time. Shortly into the trip they run aground on something sticking out of the water. As they try to free the boat they discover they are not alone. There are a group of teens running about in the reeds and something is definitely not right about those kids.
This film is a prime example of a fizzlework. It starts off pretty good, then gets even more promising and just when you start to think it's actually pretty good. Nope! I won't spoil it but the ending is such a letdown that it pretty much counters the good stuff that went on in the first half of the film. There are so many side plots that it's hard to pick out the actual story. When it finally comes together it's like, that's it? Yes folks, that's it. There is a major continuity issue in the film as well, it's actually pretty funny. I had to rewind a couple of times because I thought I was seeing things then I found this on imdb: “Just a few minutes after Nick's fallen in the water his t-shirt looks suspiciously dry. His shirt keeps changing from this point on. Holes appear and disappear, a white stain appears between shots and it keeps switching between wet and dry. “ Yeah, it's that obvious and it was pretty funny. Not worth wasting an hour and a half funny though.
