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On paper it sounds like a good idea: Since their city is hit by a passing toxic cloud for a couple of days, four college students and best ffiends - film student Grant (William Leon), his best friend Cody (Kevin Bohleber), his ex he's still on friendly terms with Wilda (Kelley Mack) and Wilda's non-binary stoner cousin Ferg (Rene Leech) - decide to go on a trip to the desert to do some unsupervised partying and (on Grant's insistance) make a short film and (on Grant's insistance) make a hike to a natural monument called the Delicate Arch, which some see the portal to another dimension. As mentioned, good idea on paper, not so good in real life as Grant hasn't yet totally given up on Wilda even though she has clearly moved on, the friendship between him and Cody is somewhat strained, especially since Grant suspects him of having an affair with Wilda. And Ferg, who's more willing to share her illegal substances, is only fanning the fire ... especially since Grant isn't taking well to drugs and trips out a few times too many - and soon he has a warped perspective on everything. And then Cody and Wilda take the car to go into town for some more weed and never return, leaving Grant and Ferg stranded with no phones, no water, no nothing in the middle of the desert. Things get weirder when Ferg, hit by an existential crisis, tries to make her way back to civilisation on foot - and finds the car stranded, but no trace of either Wilda or Cody ...

A very unusual film that shows that budgetary constraints don't necessarily mean one has to tone down one's crazy ideas, at best adjust this a litte, as while this film might qualify as horror, also due to its many genre allusions and (often inverted) tropes, but it's really more a work of surrealism that makes a point of escaping genre conventions rather than following them, and doesn't feel the need to explain things away. And add to this a pretty cool imagery and a relatable quartet of leads, and you've got yourself ... something truly unusual but also highly entertaining.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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