Jack and Jill: The Hills of Hell (2022)

Jack and Jill are at it again. The glut of missing hikers and people missing when their cars break down hasn’t alarmed local authorities yet. Even the legend that’s spread to other towns about two children of an escaped mental patient who stalk the hills and kill people hasn’t gotten the police to do anything but shrug.

It’s been a year since Eden disappeared and her mother Jo still wants to know what happened to her. Her friend Nicki has no heart, saying her obsession isn’t healthy and she’s got to start living.  The police aren’t much better. When Jo calls to ask about the case, they tell her they have no news and not to take matters into her own hands. Then they hang up on her.

Jo decides if no one will help, she’ll search for Eden herself. She hires an experienced searcher who brings others with skills that compliment his abilities, like a map reader who plots grids to search.  Terrible friend Nicki tries to dissuade Jo from trying to find her daughter, but when that doesn’t work, she says she’ll help.

They set up camp at a caravan park and head out first thing in the morning. They split into two groups and are told to keep on the path. Wait, I thought they were doing a grid search? How does keeping on the path help?  If Eden were lying near the path, someone would have found her in the past year.

Even though told not to separate, they split up when the map reader twists her ankle.  Jim is asked to stay with her even though he has more knowledge of the area than the other two.  Although in the long run their trek off the path and onto the beach does lead them to find a cave. There are skulls in it. They are not as alarmed as they should be.

Why are the police not paying any attention to the massive amount of missing people in the area?  Jack and Jill seem to spend a fair amount of time near the caravan park. You’d think they would have been seen murdering someone.

The more confusing issue is Jill talks like a cavemen. Yet she was a preteen when her mother brought her and Jack into the hills. Even if she and Jack didn’t talk much to each other, they shouldn’t lose the ability to speak normally. 

Ridiculous dialalogue

Guy - What was that?

Girl - It sounded like…

Guy - Steph!

Girl - It couldn’t be. It was probably a fox.

Guy - Yeah, they always sound creepy.

I don’t know, but it looks like someone or somethings been here.

The missing posters with no wrinkles or weathering.
Tape isn’t going to stick to a tree for long

If you walk into a cave and find candles and a skull,
you should leave, not wonder who’s been there.