Independently produced British horror Splintered has been floating around since its debut at the Grimupnorth festival last year which is finally getting a brief theatrical run this September followed by DVD a week later and late night showings on cable in the US.
The obligatory group of five teens head off into the woods in the search of a Welsh local legend, a mysterious beast that has been attacking live stock and has now escalated its preying to humans. Camping out in the woods pseudo goth chick Sophie wanders off pursuing the mythical beast and finds herself trapped in the ruins of an orphanage by feral psychopath. Sophie's friends try and find her and will find out the truth behind the story, is it man or beast or possibly both?
Although Splintered certainly won't set the horror world alight it is pleasingly competent, well acted and produced and is the sort of film that rises above the expectations of the direct to DVD and late night cable market. On it's limited and wholly independent budget as well as it's minor deviations on cliched plot twists Splintered is a film to have fun with for any horror fan to pass the time on a slow night and a safer bet for a "date night" horror film than most recent extreme fare.
A good stiffy.
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