Film maker Chris decides to do a documentary about four kids who disappeared in 1989 while at a camp for troubled youth on Garden Island. Along with the film crew, Chris brings a paranormal team and Chuck, who was a kid on the camping trip.
Before they head to the island, townsfolk tell them not to go. Rumors are the island is haunted and people tend to disappear out there. Also there are seven species of snakes, coyotes and poison ivy. So it is not a safe place to set up camp. I’m wondering why they took the troubled children out there.
But nothing will stop our intrepid crew and they take a boat to the island to look for the Indian graveyard and stay over night. Showing a complete lack of understanding of their surroundings and the dangers they’ve been warned about, they wear shorts, sleeveless t-shirts and sandals.
While exploring, they stumble upon a couple guys with guns who give chase. Chris yells that they have every right to be there because it’s state land, completely missing the fact that this is not an appropriate response to being chased by men with guns. Later someone says they think the guys are meth makers.
Their survival instincts aren’t very good because later that night, the whole group traipses into the woods to look for paranormal activity. When they hear something in the woods, it turns out to be guys with lasers which I assume are on their guns. The crew turns out to be the least stealthy team ever as they keep talking and making tons of noise as they run. They also have lights on.
Chris questions what they did or said to those guys who chased them, while insisting they have every right to be there. Once again he’s clueless as to why meth making hillbillies would not want them around. He brow beats his crew into going out again, but the paranormal team refuse to go. When Chris goes out on his own, the crew go to look for him and get lost. Amy is super annoying since she keeps giving Chuck crap because they’re lost. But Chuck hasn’t been to the island since he was a child. Why would she expect him to know his way around?
Then we go all Blair Witch with unflattering close ups of people crying in the woods at night. We know from the beginning that they disappeared, but what’s weird is that when they list those who disappear it’s Chris, Chuck, Amy and Sophia. So the paranormal team are fine? Did get home okay? Was there a search? Did the authorities find the meth makers? What the hell, movie!
Dialogue from annoying characters:
We really want to know how you can have supervised children on an island and they vanished.
This is state property. We have every right to be here.
Dude, he’s got a laser, go!
Oh my god, it’s just getting darker and darker out, and you don’t know even know where we’re going. I don’t now where we’re going. Do you?
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| The missing poster uses stills from the movie. |
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| The magic marker sign at the indian graveyard |
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| Is wearing tags on the back of your hat a thing? Or were they going to return it after they shot the film? |
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| Lots of unflattering shots in this film |
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| Was this actually built by Native Americans? It appears to be milled lumber. |
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| They’re totally Blair Witching it. |
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| There are multiple scenes where the background is in focus, and the person in the foreground is out of focus |
