Redwood (2017)

I've had a quick read through the reviews which sit in two camps... Firstly, those who have a certain expectation of horror - expecting clichéd monsters, gore and jump scares, and nothing involving a brain, who tend to complain about "nothing good happening... " or "you don't see much of the monsters" because they have the attention span of a peanut. Then you have those who actually understand pacing and build up and antici..... pation. Those who actually have an open mind and understanding that there's more than one type of horror out there. For me, I've never been one for gore/splatter/jump scares, simply because they don't actually scare me. I've always preferred my horror a bit more thoughtful (or comedic, as I must confess harbouring a soft spot for those). Redwood for me, is a great example of a horror film that has a lot of thought provoking ideas and imagery, ISN'T something that requires my full attention ALL the time, and isn't just the general clichéd idea of the monsters in question... The question I was left with at the end was actually who is the bigger monster? I'm still not sure... The location chosen for the film is a great mix of beautiful with an edge of danger, and the cinematography does bring this out quite nicely. It's not by any means a big budget flick, so don't go in expecting the moon on a stick and loads of CGI work, and you won't be disappointed. I think a lot of people have forgotten what creature acting is now Instead go in with an open mind to a story that over the course of the screentime brilliantly shows not only that first impressions can be wrong, but sometimes not all is as it seems. The reviews on here I have read seem to focus on the creatures we see - not considering that the films endgame hints at a bigger badder, or even what the 'monsters' once were...But that's just my two penneth - go watch it and make your own mind up!

A chunk of this movie is about a couple facing hard times, trying to heal their wounds and mend their hearts.Some of it is about how you should never stray from the path.Most of it is a tense monster filled romp filled with weird ideas. Very much a cult movie, mostly because it's got Xander from Buffy turning up to be intense. (Xander got old. Still hot though)Worth a look.

Josh (Mike Beckingham) and his Girlfriend Beth (Tatjana Nardone) go hiking in the Redwood Forest...the one that has vampires in it that only stay in the gray areas on a map and never go into the green areas. We already know there are vampires from the film description. We don't get to see much of them and only late in the film. Josh has leukemia and maybe 6 months. They meet Vincent (Nicholas Brendon) along the way because they want to have at least one person in the film with a vampire name and BTW Vincent tells us about a miracle cure in the gray area on the map...but it doesn't work. To no surprise, Josh and Beth take a shortcut through the gray area. There is an opening scene that ties into the end. The vampires are far from the Bela type and are feral. Film was fairly predictable. Scares come toward the end. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Well i watched this in 5.2 surround and i am quiet amazed for a low budget movie the acting is really good ..Its made for TV what do you expect i jumped a few times .i am not going to give spoilers ..it could have done with better lighting in parts ..its a shame when young actors get parts like this cause they are good actors ,,i hope we see more from these young uns