The premise at the center of this horror-comedy is still great.
than it does Wes Craven’s self-referential slasher, and aside from a few jump scares, it doesn’t set out to scare in any substantial way. But Story’s direction also defangs the film’s punch lines in some unforgivable ways. A lot of scenes are shot in darkness so murky it’s impossible to tell what’s going on, while other sequences demand a madcap pacing but are edited together so idly that it feels like the performers are just vamping to bridge the space between gags.
After that introduction, the movie picks up with friends Lisa , Allison , and Dewayne driving out to the woods to join Nnamdi , Shanika , King , and Clifton , an awkward outcast none of them actually remember all that well. The cabin, where they’re meeting for a college reunion and Juneteenth celebration, turns out, of course, to be the one Morgan and Shawn were in — the group got texts from the couple that they were heading out for a few hours but would be back soon.
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