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 | woods | mushroom | drugs | camping | 

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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:

£313,758 (United Kingdom), 25 November 2007, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,849, 8 February 2008, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,849, 10 February 2008

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

(at around 7 mins) After one of them hits the goat with a pipe, blood gets splattered on his face. But in the next shot the arrangement on blood on his face is different.

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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 Leprechaun (1993)

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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

load of rubbish

I saw this movie tonight. Never have left comment here but feel compelled to warn you all before wasting your money in cinema - AVOID! I'm Irish and this film was made by Irish people, but never have I been so insulted by such deedley-i-isms, or laughed so hard at the completely rubbish and regurgitated story that they peddle here. Absolute load of tosh - stolen sequences from at least 10 different films, not the slightest bit scary or ironic. They were too cheap to spend any money on gore so decided to go for the 'unseen horror' option. The film actually got booed in the cinema as the end credits rolled, by not just me, but half the audience. Breathnach should be ashamed of himself, never show this film in Ireland again, and stay well away from the horror genre. Shame on Bord Scannan na hEireann for giving him the money, but it just goes to show what an old boys club the 'Irish Film Industry' actually is. *response to 'Johnofgod'* I do not work anywhere near the entertainment industry, and have as such no grudge to carry against anyone therein. In fact I'm a science student, and have no desire to pick up a movie camera. I am however a fan of cinema and horror movies and take offense when a 'popular' director picks a 'popular' genre and makes a total pigs ear out of it, when I then in turn am expected to shell out premium prices for someone else's vanity and back-clapping. I am quite certain also that the good money thrown after bad towards salaries, production and marketing on this one, could have funded 5 superior new hopefuls with the aim of in fact igniting a revival in the 'Industry' and saving the rest of us from the embarrassing drivel we got. I saw the film as the surprise film at the Horrorthon in the IFI, and certainly did not choose to see it as such. Given the surprise film from previous years, this one certainly was a surprise, and I'll be hard pressed to attend again next year. I don't know if you were there but certainly the boos I heard were not phantomised. I am entitled however to express my opinion of the film on this opinion page for the film, and given the other comments I do not think I am alone in my musings. Your unashamed vitriol towards my comments only serves to make me think that I have possibly hit a nerve with your own misgivings towards an 'industry' within which you are vaguely 'un/employed'.