This movie pretty much changed everything, but ironically a lot of these low budget films have the habit of doing that. Sure, it might not be the first film to have a bunch of students getting progressively killed of, but rather it has more to do with the methods Rami used to make this film. In fact, it has since become a cult film (though I have to admit that I prefer the next films, where it went from being a serious horror movie, to being much more tongue in cheek).
As I mentioned, it is about five students who go to a cabin in the woods for a holiday. What we know though is that there is something lurking in the forest (though we never actually see it - despite the fact that the characters know that something is there - particularly at the end). In fact, this method has a name - Rami vision - namely we are watching from the point of view of something, we just don't know what it is.
In a way, it works much, much better, than actually seeing the thing, because for some reason, when we see the thing, the mystery, and the horror, actually disappears. It's like that mystery film that when everything is revealed we sort of roll our eyes in the way that it was better when we didn't know, as opposed to when we did.
Like, I could continue with this, but the story is pretty common knowledge. One of the main reasons that I wanted to watch it again was because I wanted to see where it all came from. Like, yeah, it certainly pushed an awful lot of boundaries (and the use to the term Dedites doesn't really work the same in a serious horror movie than it does in a spoof). Also, you don't have the demon possessed people crawling on the ceiling, but that has more to do with it being a low budget film. Still, quite a few things that were done in the film does go to show how it is possible to push a small budget.
As I mentioned, it is about five students who go to a cabin in the woods for a holiday. What we know though is that there is something lurking in the forest (though we never actually see it - despite the fact that the characters know that something is there - particularly at the end). In fact, this method has a name - Rami vision - namely we are watching from the point of view of something, we just don't know what it is.
In a way, it works much, much better, than actually seeing the thing, because for some reason, when we see the thing, the mystery, and the horror, actually disappears. It's like that mystery film that when everything is revealed we sort of roll our eyes in the way that it was better when we didn't know, as opposed to when we did.
Like, I could continue with this, but the story is pretty common knowledge. One of the main reasons that I wanted to watch it again was because I wanted to see where it all came from. Like, yeah, it certainly pushed an awful lot of boundaries (and the use to the term Dedites doesn't really work the same in a serious horror movie than it does in a spoof). Also, you don't have the demon possessed people crawling on the ceiling, but that has more to do with it being a low budget film. Still, quite a few things that were done in the film does go to show how it is possible to push a small budget.