Five friends head out on a five day kayak trip, There are multiple islands which they can camp on, and they plan to see the Stone of the Sacrificed, which was used by Pagans to make sacrifices.
Twenty minutes in I felt like I was watching someones home movies. While it was beautiful scenery shot from a kayak, the only scare was storm clouds which made me worry about them getting struck by lightning.
After the group spends a night drinking and goes to bed in their tents, at thirty six minutes we get the first creepy thing where someone films them as they sleep. They also bury something in the ground at the camp site.
In the morning, the group finds a creepy doll nailed to a tree. They don’t remember it being there, but since they are leaving they aren’t that concerned. And we’re back to shots of kayaking.
There are various obstacles to overcome and at forty seven minutes their camera pans by someone in the weeds with a skeleton type shirt on. No one notices. But since our group got through the narrow water way and is back on the lake, will this person factor into their journey? We know they never made it home, but is it due to this creep? Does this person have a kayak or boat? It would seem they’d notice if someone was following them.
Since the movie is only a little over an hour, there’s not a lot of time left for things to go sideways. The viewer has to wait for the last few minutes of the film to discover the fate of our kayakers.
The movie was filmed in Latvia. While I didn’t like the characters enough to be invested in their fate, I was thankful they were pleasant and got along well. Too many movies have obnoxious unlikeable characters that are hard to watch.
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| Yup, it’s definitely too dark. |
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| If something is outside in the dark, don’t shine the light toward your face. You’ll be night blind. |
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| They spend a lot of scenes of figuring out how to get through the water ways. |
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| The lakes are beautiful, but get used to a lot of this. |
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