A friend of mine let me have his DVD of this French slasher movie, he told me that he found it boring. Sadly I have to agree with him. The French title "Promenous - Nous dans La Bois" translates as "Let's Walk in the Woods" but for the English speaking world it was changed to "Deep in the Woods". The story is set at an impressive 19th Century rural chateau where a bunch of young actors perform a grisly play of "Little Red Riding Hood" to an audience of two - a strange and disabled millionaire and his mute, autistic son (read Creepy Kid). Add a little female full frontal nudity and so far so reasonably watchable. Unfortunately the pace becomes slow (boring) and the characters are very shallow, There is some blood but none of the kill scenes are memorable, and despite a few red herrings the identity of the killer at the end comes as no surprise. The movie does have an obvious European feel and look but it is also equally an attempt to emulate the American slashers, even the DVD's cover looks typical of any number of American stalk and slash flicks. This film apparently kicked started the modern French horror revival, so I am grateful for that, but far better entries such as Switchblade Romance would follow. Disappointing.
Review of Promenons-nous dans les bois
