Timber Falls (2007)

Timber Falls: Directed by Tony Giglio. With Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy, Beth Broderick. A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals.

“I watched this film aware of the critical kicking it had received at the hands of the UK Press. It wasnu0026#39;t nearly as bad as I feared it might be .It is Director Tony Gigliou0026#39;s mainstream debut, and you can see the films he enjoyed watching at Film School. The u0026quot;Hills Have Eyesu0026quot;. u0026quot;Deliveranceu0026quot;, u0026quot;Miseryu0026quot; u0026quot;Friday The 13thu0026quot; all have thematic or visual references .Those who have enjoyed those films will not be disappointed by this .However, therein lies the rub, in terms of originality it is 0/10, as an homage my 6/10 stands.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAficianados will enjoy the horror staples. Brianna Brown, as toned, wavy haired blonde victim Sheryl is perfect. She screams and moans a lot, and gives us a very enjoyable white lacy underwear moment before some embarrassingly soft porn shots. Heroic boyfriend Mike, played by Josh Randall, is able to take beatings, whippings, brandings, Bear trap entrapment and various other indignities whilst still coming out at the other end as manfully as a hero should. Interestingly although this film has been caught up in the u0026quot;torture pornu0026quot; debate, it is Josh who is shown bare chested and writhing much more provocatively than his female heroine.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cinematography is strong, and the mountain setting in West Virginia beautiful. Although essentially a u0026quot;painting by numbersu0026quot; horror plot, the story is lifted by the intelligent performance of Beth Broderick as Ida, the religious fanatic unable to carry a baby full term. One of the problems of the horror genre is that it is impossible to churn out stories each more gory, more horrifying or more titillating than what has gone before. This neither attempts , nor achieves, any of those objectives. That should not disqualify the likes of u0026quot;Timber Fallsu0026quot; though for a picture soundly made, and well executed.”