What Lies Beyond… The Beginning (2014)

What Lies Beyond… The Beginning: Directed by Jarrod Knowles. With Melissa Pastrana, Kary Musa, Masha Silberberg, Harley Souza. While on an ecology research trip, 8 diverse college students and a witty chaperone must decide whether to fight for their lives OR fight to escape, when suddenly all hell breaks loose.

“Not sure who thought u0026quot;fast-pacedu0026quot; or u0026quot;comedyu0026quot; were accurate descriptors for this, but theyu0026#39;re both painfully untrue. The first 20 minutes dragged so badly with stilted acting and weak writing, I couldnu0026#39;t stand it, and I never once found anything that could be construed as humor. I skipped to the last 20 for the supposed twist, which is a generous term for the wholly unsurprising reveal. Not worth the energy I used to click into it.”