The Corridor (2010)

Friends on a weekend excursion take a path into a forest that leads to death and destruction.

Director:

Evan Kelly

Writer:

Josh MacDonald

Stars:

Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert, David Patrick Flemming

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview:
Stephen Chambers	...	Tyler Crawley
James Gilbert	...	Everett Manette
David Patrick Flemming	...	Chris Comeau
Matthew Amyotte	...	Robert 'Bobcat' Comeau
Glen Matthews	...	Jim 'Huggs' Huggan
Mary-Colin Chisholm	...	Pauline Crawley
Nigel Bennett	...	Lee Shephard
Elphege Bernard	...	Female Student
Heather Salsbury	...	Lee

Storyline

A group of high school friends reunite years later for a weekend of partying and catching up on old times. Isolated deep in the snow covered forest, they stumble upon a mysterious corridor of light. Like a drug, the corridor's energy consumes them, driving them to the point of madness. One by one, they turn on each other, taking their evil to the next level. Mayhem leads to murder as they race to outlast each other, and the corridor's supernatural powers.

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Plot Keywords:

corridor | snow | light | crucifixion | sleeping in bathtub | 

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Taglines:

Enter At Your Own Risk

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

O Corredor

Filming Locations:

Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chronicle Pictures, Kulwar Films, Last Call Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Pastiche of Stephen King stories

The plot: A group of friends come upon a mysterious corridor in the woods that has strange effects on them.

I don't understand why The Corridor has so many rave reviews. For one thing, the score is really rather low (4.5 or so) and the majority of comments are negative. And, yet, there's a long string of reviews calling it awesome, voted as being extremely helpful. It's basically a slow-paced pastiche of Stephen King stories. I don't understand how anyone could call this fresh, different, or original, if they've ever read a single Stephen King book. It strongly reminded me of Dreamcatcher and Tommyknockers, but there's elements of others, as well.

There are many things wrong with this movie, but the biggest is that it's boring for the first half. When it starts getting more interesting, it's derivative. Its like they randomly threw in plot elements of all their favorite Stephen King novels, without any real attempt at cohesion or making sense. Some of the scenes did work, but many of them just annoyed me. The characters were generally unlikable and annoying, which just made the whole experience that much worse.

I guess you might like this movie if you're big into low budget, Canadian horror movies. I usually am, but this one really didn't do much for me.