If I could give it a zero I would. Im not sure what the people who gave it positive reviews were smoking-but I want some cause it lets you turn crap into gold.The movie was awful, barely any plot-any plot it didn't have made little to no sense as well. About all I can guess is the creature knew the girl when they were kids, was driven off and "somehow" manages to get the car shes in to crash and wants to keep her his lover forever.That being said, the rest of everything makes no sense at all really. Just a bunch of people wandering in the woods with no real cohesive plot besides monster wants girl and small lesbian scenes.Im sorry my friend rented this from redbox. Im sure the director tried hard, but it was just terrible. I had to shut it off after 45 mins cause I couldn't stand it anymore.Don't rent it or see it, not worth your time.

I was rather excited to see this movie, because some of the reviews here were positive and the back of the CD case interested me. Part of it read as follows: "As they are each picked off one by one by a bizarre beast it becomes clear that none of them will make it out of the forest alive; unless the one the monster so desires is left behind." I should have taken a cue from this. If the back of the case isn't even written properly (sentence fragments should not follow a semi colon), then the chances that the movie might not be worth watching are higher than average.The plot revolves around four friends who, while on some sort of road trip, blow a tire and plunge into the surrounding forest. When the one male in the group steps outside to see what the damage is, he is attacked by something and ends up with a possibly life-threatening injury.After this incident the group becomes separated and the movie's title subject comes into play. Throughout the movie, it's clear that someone put a great deal of thought into the different scenes, situations, and dialog, but that person failed to put it together cohesively.The scenes are fragmented, and the characters act in a way that would simply not be logical in the situation, were it to really occur. The female lead knows that her male friend is seriously injured, and yet she walks around calmly for much of the time afterward.There are also small items that lower the movie's attempted believability. (For example, when human beings, who are endothermic, reach for jackets due to the temperature of the woods, it is not possible for a rattlesnake, an exothermic animal, to be active. It would be too sluggish to move.) Even considering all the little mistakes in filming and poorly-developed characters (with the exception of Spike, who is something else), I still might have enjoyed the movie had it not been for the music. The music was just terrible. It was not appropriate for many of the scenes and even went so far as to ruin the mood much of the time. I began to wonder if the director had driven to the nearest church to find an organ player, and the one he found had suffered from a stroke years earlier and was half tuned on Balwinnie at the time.The concept of the movie was interesting, and the creature's costume was well-designed. But this wasn't enough to save the entire film from a horrible music score and unbelievable dialog and character behavior (not to mention obviously staged reviews). And seemingly endothermic snakes.

Spike is one of those films that does not look like much at first glance but once you watch you become entranced by its wonder and majesty. Robert Beaucage weaves a dark tale that is scary, moving and ultimately tragic; it's like a fairy tale combined with a slasher. The characters are portrayed wonderfully, especially Edward Gusts as Spike, a man with the body of a monster but a heart as big as the earth itself. Sarah Livingston as the Girl is a mixture of beauty and strength as she fights to save her boyfriend from a creature torn by love and lust. even the music is dreamlike in its horror; The Marvelous little toy is used to creepy effect here and its truly unsettling when it plays. Spike is a sight to behold

This film creatively blurs the line between a wicked fairytale and the human reality of relationships and love lost. A much needed diversion from the gore/extreme violence that has taken over the horror genre. Make no mistake though this film is dark and there is a scene or two that may have you looking away but the brief brutality only adds to the emotional roller coaster that the characters are taking you on. Truly amazing that this was entirely shot in Angeles National Forest. You see much more elaborate sets for not nearly this amount of drama and design! A Gothic romance at its true best! We can expect great things from Robert and his decidedly dark vision of love and life!