The group decides to stay elsewhere and while walking at night, one of the girls falls down a mine shaft and gets her foot wedged under a rock. When the group tries to rescue her, they find gold in them thar hills. Why would anyone leave a huge vein of gold, they wonder?
The gold sends them into a tizzy as they argue about whether to get help to free their friend from under the boulder or steal the gold. Greed wins, hurrah! The plan is that when they get enough gold, they’ll clean up to make it look like they were never camping there. Then they’ll ask the rangers to rescue their friend and no one will never know about the gold.
So our girl sits with her leg pinned under a boulder while the others start mining for riches. A diary is found in the cave. As they read it, they discover the miners never left the mine. Something bad happened, but they aren’t sure what and most don’t care due to their gold fever. There is mention of a Native American curse, the land being a scared place, and someone sees what appears to be a ghost. Oh damn, get out. Get out now!
This is more of a psychological horror movie. The tension comes from being down in the mine, wondering if there is something else in there, and whether the characters are being possessed by spirits or just becoming consumed by their own greed. There is also the issue of a huge storm coming in and the mine starting to flood. The girl trapped under the rock is not amused by the turn of events.
While this is an okay movie, the biggest problem is the character you care the most about is the ranger. You just know something bad is going to happen to her because of these jerk kids and their gold.
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