A group of young adults goes to an island to blow off steam and party for the weekend. Simple enough premise, just throw in a killer and you've got a Netflix streaming gem. First though, the rough parts must be brought to light.
There has to be a certain amount of yelling at the television for a horror movie to work. For example, "don't go in the creepy basement," or "don't split up." Yet these characters, time and time again fail to make good decisions. The characters in this movie however, could have led me to break my roommate's T.V.
The first person killed off is discovered hanging upside down in the woods with "evil" written across his shirt in blood. The group naturally comes to the conclusion that this is a suicide. Then there's the whole situation of a stranger getting on the boat to enjoy the weekend with them and instead of questioning said stranger, taking her in as if this is a normal occurrence. And when the group finally comes to their senses and realizes the dead guy has been murdered, they obviously point fingers at each other, but fail to think of the outsider as the odd man out.
I'm obviously worried that these actors may not be the sharpest tools in the shed, but then out of nowhere the movie picks up and it's apparent that a psychological twist is brewing.
In the case of "Fear Island" I will say that it's worth watching if you've really got nothing else do, or you're putting off doing the homework you really should be doing. It starts out slow and doesn't really pick up until it's three quarters through, but the stupidity of the characters will keep you going.
There really is some hidden meaning to this, so I will give the writers credit. The way that the characters die do symbolize a deeper meaning and there is a perfect twist that you'll hit herself in the head for if you didn't see it coming. That's my kind of ending.
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