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The story concerns [[Unlikely Hero]] Marc Denning, who, as we open, is not only expecting a child by his girlfriend, but also expecting to make a killing in the hiking market, thanks to a device called the Emergency Grappling System. To that end, he has planned a celebratory gathering in the woodland retreat he has just sold. The invites have gone out to his girlfriend Holly, brother Jason, Jason's girlfriend Julie, and their friends Robert and Jeanne. Everyone except Marc is slaughtered, both by these weird [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] and a weird-looking Zombie.
Some time later, Marc awakens in hospital, where he meets a fellow survivor, Reggie, and Lt. Leo Ball, who is investigating the massacre. Together, the three, with clues left by a man named Ben Magnus ([[Death
While the movie is a failure, it is an interesting take on the typical 1980s slasher flick, as the story picks up where most such movies end. And, despite the [[Special Effect Failure|obvious FX]], some scenes manage to be fairly unnerving.
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=== This movie contains examples of: ===
* [[Death
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: An unintentional example, where Brother Magnus' (see [[Death
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Inverted: the opening twenty minutes has people dying, the remaining ninety has a bunch of guys dicking around before throwing a rock and stabbing a guy.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The movie is available in two cuts, and Freeman Williams mentions having seen a third on TV. Has the weird effect of letting us quickly make the painful realization that the movie is not going to live up to its first five minutes (the [[Directors Cut]] moves this sequence to the 40-minute point).
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