
In 1846, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the area known as Donner Pass, a starving man kills three others to eat their flesh during the winter, but a boy witnesses the murders and flees. In the present days, the teenagers Kayley, her boyfriend Mike, her cousin Nicole and the outcast Thomas travel to the house in Donner Pass of Thomas's parents that are in Europe. Thomas recommends his friends to be careful with the house since his parents do not know that they are spending ... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1846, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the area known as Donner Pass, a starving man kills three others to eat their flesh during the winter, but a boy witnesses the murders and flees. In the present days, the teenagers Kayley, her boyfriend Mike, her cousin Nicole and the outcast Thomas travel to the house in Donner Pass of Thomas's parents that are in Europe. Thomas recommends his friends to be careful with the house since his parents do not know that they are spending the weekend there. They learn that the police are hunting down the criminal James Michael Epstein. Out of the blue, the troublemaker boyfriend of Nicole, Derek, comes with his friends Brody, Valerie and A.J. in his SUV to stay with Nicole, despite the protests of Thomas. Soon their beer runs out and Brody drives the SUV to buy some more in the town. Brody goes missing and soon Mike, Kayley and Thomes find his body eaten. Meanwhile Valerie is murdered near the house and the car has flat tires. Who might be the cannibal that is attacking the group?
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| 7M PicturesKevin CarrMost of this film is pretty rote and standard. |
| User ReviewKarl GI loved this thriller!!! It's scary...bloody...and suspenseful |
| User ReviewErica Mvery good movie and just between me and who ever reads this Colley Bailey was really hot |
| User ReviewCarol RThought it was going to be rubbish at start but actually i didn't guess the plot till almost the end! |
| User ReviewLuciano GA really good lower budget with good actors and an unexpected plot twist.....for a movie in it's class the acting, casting and production value was great... overall a good horror movie for any one who enjoys them and I would definitely recommended it.... |
| User ReviewEd MA fresh, mildly gory take on isolated teenage cannibalism, with an ending even Sarah Palin can see from farther away than Russia. An idyllic and snowy weekend at a secluded cabin goes awry when a bevy of uninvited friends who, since eaten raw, undoubtedly taste nothing like chicken, drop by to altruistically boost the body count with the help of their own bodies. It's a tense buffet of fun, well-controlled and a bit harrowing here and there, with a small group of unlikeable human fodder raising the viewer's sympathy toward the central characters. Doesn't break much new ground, but the "Donner Party Curse" is a nice touch. |
| User Reviewintuciic .History is about to revisit itself on an unfortunate group of teens who make the mistake of partying out in Donner Pass, where the legend of George Donner is not only alive, but hungry! After a gory opening, DONNER PASS introduces us to a an obnoxious group of utterly predictable teen stereotypes, and it is downhill from there. Having learned nothing from SCREAM, these mindless characters break every rule in the Horror handbook and beg for some unstoppable force of nature to put them out of their own misery. Help arrives in the form of history's most notorious cannibal, and once the deaths begin, they are fast, furious, and full of blood. At least the film makers had the sense to play this as a simple, honest Slasher with no pretentious hangups, because neither the film nor the characters contain any depth to them whatsoever. The expected "twist ending" is broadcast from the very first moments that we spend with the teens thanks to a few obvious clues. To its credit, however, the young cast members take on their roles respectfully, and the film is both cleanly shot and nicely edited. The Slasher crowd might find some bloody entertainment here, but otherwise it is safest to heed the film's warning and PASS. -Carl Manes I Like Horror Movies |
| User ReviewMeghan Elizabeth ADonner Pass is a solid slasher film. It has some good gore and one nude scene. |
| User ReviewAl MWhile nothing new is being brought to the table with Donner Pass, it is actually quite good and entertaining with lots of gore, and for a change, interesting characters. The twists and turns are predictable however. |
| User ReviewJack SThe infamous legend of the Donner Party has been the inspiration for a slew of films both directly and indirectly, and the new low budget feature "Donner Pass" takes a contemporary spin on the tale. After a ridiculous and completely unecessary opening sequence set in the 1800's that sets up the backstory, the movie shifts to modern times with the usual group of horny young teenagers being menaced in the woods. The film is extremely derivative, but it's more "Evil Dead" than "Friday the 13th" with the characters becoming possessed by the spirit of Donner, but that's pretty much saved for the last fifteen minutes. Much of the run time simply builds up to that moment, but oddly enough, it's not as dull as we've come to expect from movies like this. Thanks to some better-than-average directing from Elise Robertson and some shockingly high production values, it held my interest fairly well. The whole thing, even the finale, seems oddly subdued but I was never really bored by it. There are twists along the way, including an especially unconvincing one at the end, but they only prove to be a whole bunch of red herrings. They succeeded in keeping me distracted. There's even a fairly awful folk song by a singer named Orenda Fink that open and close the film that I enjoyed simply because it fits in with the film so well. It reminded me of the tune from the original "My Bloody Valentine". I simply cannot in good faith recommend "Donner Pass", but I enjoyed it a lot more that I ever would have believed. It's a most unusual picture. |