SHROOMS has got to be one of the worst "teens in the woods" horror films I've ever seen, right along with the similarly execrable GRIZZLY RAGE. Although I hate films like this with a vengeance, I'll admit to liking the plot as a whole: it was responsible for a slew of atmospheric and gory '80s slashers (I'm thinking Friday the 13th) and even today gems are still added to the mix (THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, of course, and more recently WILDERNESS). Yet SHROOMS is dull, dumb, and unworkable from the very beginning, a complete waste of space.The plot sees a bunch of American teenagers heading to the Irish woods to experience some magic mushrooms. The setting enticed me, but nothing is made of the Irish connection: this might easily have been set in America, so the location is wasted. Director Paddy Breathnach instantly seems out of his depth, not knowing how to shoot his film, how to draw out the natural atmosphere of such a place, fumbling the action and chase sequences, dropping the ball when it comes to the scares. From watching the behind the scenes footage, it looked like was too mild-mannered to direct his cast properly. Add to this the execrable, clichéd-packed script and you have a recipe for disaster.The horror-scenes are non-starters. Most of the kills are shown in flashback, or from another character's viewpoint, so you're not really sure what's going on. There are no special effects to speak of and no gore. The stupidly-acting characters are hateful and the cast poor, so even the joy of savouring the next death is taken away because you never really see it. The unlikeable Lindsey Haun comes off particularly badly, especially in all the 'sit up screaming with a camera strapped to her chest' scenes she has. God, just thinking of this rubbish makes my blood boil.

high tension is one horror film that i like, also blair witch was not bad, so this is a mix of it. what is not fair...the film is not so bad as its rated, it is like some others underrated, and some other really really crap is higher rated then this, so give it a chance, its a nice way of passing the time, it it is written right ,-) ??? in Germany we said so...so try it out, it is worth i think it is not a homemade film, acting is okay... and even if it is predictable ... all in all it is a solid horror filmlike always...sorry for my Englishgreetings from cologne

Shrooms is one of those movies you should already know everything about before even watching it, just based on the premise. A group of friends experiencing mushrooms trips in the wilderness, turns into a deadly fiasco indistinguishable from reality. A standard run-of-the-mill campy horror flick, complete with a horror movie starter-set cast; the smart and relatable lead female character, the annoying idiot jock, the goofball stoner, the b*tch, the outcast female, and the handsome nice guy (who also is occasionally, like in this case, the foreigner). The movie has good, maybe even great moments. I especially like the 2 "locals," their characters aren't new to this genre, but they're fun and quite creepy and add an interesting flare to the movie. Some of the effects are well done, and the story is entertaining enough to keep you interested, and the very end gives the movie a nice touch.However, the movie is riddled with clichés, the predictable jumps scares, and the gore effects aren't as good as they could have been. There's a part towards the end of the movie where they had so many chances to make to good, but it turned out rather boring. Everything else is pretty standard, nothing special or particularly bad about the acting, directing, or screenplay. In short, it's an average run-of-the-mill horror flick. If you're looking for something amazing, this isn't it, but if you're bored or are just a horror fan looking to enlarge your viewing collection, it's definitely worth a watch.My favorite scene: The scene in the home of the two locals, I love the dialogue between them, very unsettling.

Spoiler alert! I saw this with a friend some time ago, afterwards neither one of us wanted to see it ever again. This is 84 minutes of pure crap. The storyline is incredibly uninteresting. It's about this dude who lives in the middle of nowhere who for some reason feels the need to kill the few non-voluntary visitors he manage to get.The worst scene of them all is the one with the girl who's being hunted through the forest. She actually chooses to run through the water instead of running on the dry land like 3 feet to her left. And she falls down...and she stumbles...and gets up just to fall down again, and this continues for pretty much the entire movie.I don't really know what else to say about it, it's not scary at all, it's not very funny and it certainly doesn't deal with any sort of serious subjects. I like the fact that it takes place in Ireland though.