A sextet of college students - Jared (Brian C. Chenworth), Shelley (Amy LoCicero), Drew (Flavio Milicchio), Casey (Shanna Mclaughlin), Gisele (Elaine Hoxie) and Cam (Jordan Wall) - are on their way to a barn party to end all parties somewhere deep in the woods. But when designated driver Drew insists to take a shortcut despite the fact that he hardly knows the area, they of course get lost, of course the car breaks down, of course they have no cellphone reception, and of course they split up with Gisele (miffed) and Cam (horny) remain with the car, the others try their luck on foot ... and get lost even more, and deep in the woods. But they pass a few Satanic symbols, a few mutilated animals, and of course a corpse ... and they come to the conclusion that they are not alone in the woods, and whatever it is that's there with them is totally malevolent.

Back at the car, Cam has persuaded Gisele to have sex ... until they are interrupted and slaughtered.

Passing through the woods, the others find a necklace that definitely belonged to Gisele and figures she might have been killed - and then they find actual proof they're not alone, and what's after them seems to be some demons hell-bent on human sacrifice. And after Shelley is snatched right out of our heroes' middle and ends up tied up to a log with weird rituals performed on her, it's every man and woman for themselves - the only question is, how far can they get in the dark in a forest they're absolutely not familiar with.

Now one has to be honest here, The Summoning isn't exactly treading new ground storywise, and the characters are at times so obnoxious you wish them dead ... but what the film's perfect at is creating a maximum of tension out of rather sparing sets, it's very well-paced with a focus on action, and it's peppered with a few very nasty killings.

No classic, sure enough, but slasher fans will probably love it nevertheless!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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