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Shrooms (2006)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:4

Rotten:13

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: The phrase "bad trip" takes on a double, sinister meaning in this drug-fuelled horror movie from director Paddy Breathnach (BLOW DRY). A group of college students depart America for the Emerald... The phrase "bad trip" takes on a double, sinister meaning in this drug-fuelled horror movie from director Paddy Breathnach (BLOW DRY). A group of college students depart America for the Emerald Isle in the hopes of enjoying one of Ireland's less-advertised merits: its magic mushrooms. The friends camp out in the middle of the forest, but the hallucinogens give them more than just strange visions. Paranoia begins to take over as they realize they're not alone in the woods. [More]

Starring: Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Alice Greczyn

Starring: Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Alice Greczyn, Robert Hoffman, Maya Hazen, Toby Sedgwick, Sean McGinley, Don Wycherley

Director: Paddy Breathnach

Director: Paddy Breathnach
Screenwriter: Pearse Elliott
Producer: Rob Walpole, Paddy McDonald
Composer: Dario Marianelli

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Mar 25, 2008

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As perhaps befits a film so concerned with being 'under the influence', Breathnach's hallucinogen-driven giallo turns its very derivativeness into a virtue, confounding viewers with a gleeful overdose of cinematic references.

Full Review Source: musicOMH.com | comment Comment
09/16/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
musicOMH.com

Shrooms may seem great while you're under its spell, but once the drugs wear off and you wake up, it fades pretty quickly ... Still, it's not a bad trip while it lasts.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/04/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Besides a few swell looking shots, this movie is just garbage.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
06/18/08
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

Even casual horror buffs have seen it all before.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
02/08/08
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

[A] half-baked effort.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
02/08/08
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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From the distorting lens used randomly to suggest unreality, to the twist ending lifted verbatim from the superior High Tension, it's about as imaginative as a portobello steak with onions.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
02/07/08
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Some talent and effort went into creating the visuals; too bad the script appears to have sprouted from the same dung pile as the mushrooms.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
02/01/08
Stan Hall
Stan Hall
Oregonian

There are some fleetingly beautiful scenic shots and the odd atmospheric moment, but scissorhands editing destroys any suspense as it attempts to hide a very obvious plot twist; this is as boring as listening to anyone's drug story.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/23/07
Phelim O'Neill
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]

Not just unoriginal, dull and as scary as the adventures of Noddy, Shrooms makes you want to plant a tombstone in the earth and mourn the death of horror.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
11/23/07
Daily Mirror [UK]

Mush.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/23/07
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
Channel 4 Film

A lo-fi shocker with a set-up so perfunctory, if you root around in your popcorn too long you’ll miss it.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/23/07
Matt Mueller
Matt Mueller
Total Film

Student horror fans may find this worth a giggle, but it's not the nail-biting experience the trailers promise.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/23/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
BBC

Devoid of any real horror highs, it's a bit of a downer.

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11/23/07
Tim Stevens
Tim Stevens
Sky Movies

Every element of Paddy Breathnach’s Irish slasher movie is so familiar that it feels like a dog-eared horror anthology found down the back of the sofa.

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11/23/07
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

There are a few effective jump scares but the dodgy acting and an appalling ending marks this out as an interesting first try rather than an indie breakaway hit.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/21/07
Helen OHara
Helen OHara
Empire Magazine

Scary, trippy and disturbing, although let down by that ending.

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11/21/07
James Bramble
James Bramble
Little White Lies

Fans of the horror genre will appreciate the "leftover" stuff because it's presented in a relatively fresh package, but leftovers they remain...

Full Review Source: FEARnet | comment Comment
11/20/07
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet
 
 
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