Shrooms (2007)

A group of friends are stalked and murdered whilst looking for psilocybin mushrooms in the Irish woods.

Director:

Paddy Breathnach

Writer:

Pearse Elliott

Stars:

Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lindsey Haun	...	Tara
Jack Huston	...	Jake
Max Kasch	...	Troy
Maya Hazen	...	Lisa
Alice Greczyn	...	Holly
Robert Hoffman	...	Bluto
Don Wycherley	...	Ernie
Sean McGinley	...	Bernie
Toby Sedgwick	...	Black Brother
André Pollack	...	The Dog
Jack Gleeson	...	Lonely Twin
Mike Carbery	...	Paramedic
Anna Tikhonova	...	Mysterious Woman 1
Goranna McDonald	...	Mysterious Woman 2
Berry Murphy	...	Lonely Twin's Brother

Storyline

3 couples go to Ireland woods to collect magic mushrooms and trip out. On their way they meet some strange inhabitants of the woods and it doesn't take long until a creepy story is being told at the campfire which might be more than just a story. So strange things happen, people start disappearing, silhouettes move through the woods and the creepy story starts to melt into reality. The horror kicks in along with the effect of the mushrooms.

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Plot Keywords:

female armpit hair | slasher | woods | mushroom | drugs | 

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Taglines:

Get Ready to Get Wasted

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Ireland UK Denmark

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2007 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Alucinação

Filming Locations:

Gosford Forest Park, County Armagh

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,849, 10 February 2008

Gross USA:

$2,863

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,998,560

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capitol Films, Ingenious Film Partners, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 86 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The location of the old abandoned building is actually an old closed down hospital just outside Killeshandra County Cavan.

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Goofs

Liberty Caps which in the movie occur in a forest/wood are not found there in real life. They're only found on fields.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tara: [as Tara looks at a photograph of her and Jake] Someone's got it bad.
Lisa: No, I don't. It was just a... summer thing.
Tara: That's why you're travelling 5000 miles to see him.
Lisa: It's not to see him. I'm here just like the rest of you, you know. See Ireland. Do shrooms.
Tara: Tara, I've known you all my life and I've never even see you take an aspirin.

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Connections

References The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Soundtracks

Curveball
Written by Patrick McCarthy, Thomas Stampalia, Mick Murray and Lindsey Haun
Performed by Lindsey Haun and The Rig Brothers
Produced by The Rig Brothers
Published by Weaverswayed Music (BMI), Tennessee Grace Music (BMI), Monkey Pox Publishing (BMI) and Haunesty Music (BMI)

User Reviews

why...

'thats what we call the indigenous people'....

says the "Irish" boy with the remarkably uncanny east London accent, whilst in observation of the local Irish folk picking up roadkill for dinner...er racist much? anyways despite the shockingly unauthentic accents, (well just the Irish ones that is), and the massive (and that is an understatement) clichés, all thrown at me full force within the first EIGHT MINUTES (ladies and gentlemen we have a winner), I proceeded no further in my investigation of this 'film' (and it was an investigation...I didn't fathom that a film by the name of "shrooms" would be in any way a thought provoking or groundbreaking affair).

Usually a movie like this would be seen out of sheer entertainment in a 'so bad its good' vein of things.

this was actually so bad...that it was switched off (precisely eight minutes later). The blonde virgin, stoner king of 'shrooms', and jock stereotypes made me yawn with despair. As for the Irish boy (clearly originally from Romford), don't even get me started.

Avoid