She Came from the Woods
- 2022
- 1h 41m
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4.6/10
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In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleash a decades-old evil on the last night of summer camp.In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleash a decades-old evil on the last night of summer camp.In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleash a decades-old evil on the last night of summer camp.
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- TriviaBased upon an award winning 2017 short film of the same name.
- SoundtracksKids in America
Written by Marty Wilde and Ricki Wilde (as Ricky Wilde)
Performed by Kim Wilde
Courtesy of Cherry Red Records
Under license from Rak Publishing Limited
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Not All That Fun
When the history of movie theaters in the 2020's is written, there will be some odd entries. Last year's Terrifier 2 and now She Came from the Woods seem like direct-to-streaming movies that somehow played theaters in towns with modest populations (20,000-30,000).
She Came from the Woods is certainly more enjoyable than the gross-out Terrifier 2, but it is not as fun as horror fans might hope. This is a retro-80's summer camp horror story that plays like a cross between Friday the 13th and The Evil Dead.
Some have pointed to the campfire story feel that some 1980's slasher films have, Madman being the most obvious. Therefore, it seems somehow appropriate that the screenwriters, Erik and Carson Bloomquist, credit their film's story as being based on stories told around campfires. However, that is also a problem. Around a campfire a story does not need much logic, but a film needs more of a cohesive story. She Came from the Woods just seems to have stopped with Friday the 13th meets The Evil Dead. There is not much else to it. The film does not even have an interesting backstory for its sometimes supernatural villainess Agatha. The killers in The Burning (a film namechecked in She Came from the Woods) and the original Friday the 13th had more reasons for committing murder than Agatha here.
Perhaps a bigger problem is that the film is not as fun as it should be. I laughed twice and grooved on the negative character with the blonde mullet who looked eerily like a schoolmate from high school (the character even acted a little like the real guy). Aside from those bits, I was not overly entertained. I liked the use of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" over the opening credits, but wished the song had been used more memorably (like "Jessi's Girl" in Boogie Nights or "99 Luftballons" in Grosse Pointe Blank). The disbelieving policeman was kind of fun. I don't begrudge the matinee price I paid to watch She Came from the Woods, but I wouldn't watch it again.
For better 1980's horror nostalgia, I would recommend Deathgasm (2015), Lake Nowhere (2014), or You're Next (2011). She Came from the Woods did not bring enough to the party.
She Came from the Woods is certainly more enjoyable than the gross-out Terrifier 2, but it is not as fun as horror fans might hope. This is a retro-80's summer camp horror story that plays like a cross between Friday the 13th and The Evil Dead.
Some have pointed to the campfire story feel that some 1980's slasher films have, Madman being the most obvious. Therefore, it seems somehow appropriate that the screenwriters, Erik and Carson Bloomquist, credit their film's story as being based on stories told around campfires. However, that is also a problem. Around a campfire a story does not need much logic, but a film needs more of a cohesive story. She Came from the Woods just seems to have stopped with Friday the 13th meets The Evil Dead. There is not much else to it. The film does not even have an interesting backstory for its sometimes supernatural villainess Agatha. The killers in The Burning (a film namechecked in She Came from the Woods) and the original Friday the 13th had more reasons for committing murder than Agatha here.
Perhaps a bigger problem is that the film is not as fun as it should be. I laughed twice and grooved on the negative character with the blonde mullet who looked eerily like a schoolmate from high school (the character even acted a little like the real guy). Aside from those bits, I was not overly entertained. I liked the use of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" over the opening credits, but wished the song had been used more memorably (like "Jessi's Girl" in Boogie Nights or "99 Luftballons" in Grosse Pointe Blank). The disbelieving policeman was kind of fun. I don't begrudge the matinee price I paid to watch She Came from the Woods, but I wouldn't watch it again.
For better 1980's horror nostalgia, I would recommend Deathgasm (2015), Lake Nowhere (2014), or You're Next (2011). She Came from the Woods did not bring enough to the party.
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