Adam and Evil (2004)

A group of high school graduates grab some beer, steal their dad’s viagra, and head out to a campground to party. They all cram into one car with three riding in the hatchback.  Confusion will be had based on the advanced age of the teens, who I thought were the parents since one couple woke up together in bed and appeared to own a house.

When they get lost, the teens stop at a bar for directions. The sheriff tells them where to go and his wife tells them about murders at the campgrounds. Although unnerved, they’re not going to let that get in the way of their partying. 

When people start dying, they assume it’s the ex of one of the girls because his van is near their campsite. This seems like a huge leap in logic. However two of the guys think maybe it has something to do with that time when they accidentally set a house on fire with Roman candles and killed an entire family. After all, they have been finding Roman candle in the area. So yeah, we’re not rooting for these guys.

It’s never good when you notice the acting in a movie.  Fear is portrayed by labored breathing and a shaky voice, neither of which are realistic. Then there is the crying, done by squinting excessively but without any tears.  It’s difficult to sit through. 

The movie description says this is a group of sexy teens. There’s two problems with this. The first is if that’s how they choose to appeal to viewers, the movie doesn’t have much going for it.  The second is beauty’s subjective so unless I agree with their beauty standards - which I don’t - they aren’t going to be able to deliver.  Instead we have several “teens” who appear to have receding hairlines and one with an unflattering haircut that makes him look Frankenstein-esque . 

There is a scene where one person could knock the killer on the head with a bat, but instead he yells at his friend not to open the door.  If he’d hit the killer, maybe his friend would still be alive. 

I will give the movie credit for two music montages because it’s such a throwback.  However they were pushing the music so hard it felt like they were promoting the band or the band paid for their music to be featured in the movie. The opening credits, the unpacking at the campsite and going swimming were all long montages with a song playing.  It’s fairly generic alt rock.

Ridiculous dialogue by very old teens

Who are you?

I’m the caretaker.

More like the stalker. (said angrily)

This isn’t funny.

It might have something to do with that night, Halloween night.

No, that’s impossible. It was four years ago and the whole family died.

I can’t believe you got to go. What did you tell your foster mother?

The campfire is so close. Yet the kids don’t notice the van.

Their choice of campsite appears to be a road

If they need to stuff three kids in the back, then
where are the tents and supplies?

I thought these two were the parents.