Shrooms (2007)

I watched Shrooms this week, having been aware of the film for many years now I thought I'd finally give it a go. Well, it is a pretty standard mid-budget horror set in some woodland in Ireland. To be honest, it could have been set anywhere. A group of obnoxious American students are on holiday to collect and eat some magic mushrooms. They have a young good looking male guide who seems to be connected romantically with one of the American girls but not in a very clear way. The plot is fairly standard and one by one the Americans meet their fate. The blonde girl eats a mushroom she shouldn't and has a fit. The guide tells them not to eat the type of mushroom she ate and says that victims have been known to see the future. Well sure enough, she seems to be able to predict the demise of them all. This is also connected to a scary campfire story that the guide tells them about. An old borstal school property nearby had a bad reputation, one particular teacher their used to torture the boys before he killed them. This gets interwoven into the blonde girls hallucinations. None of this is scary in the least by the way, so don't expect this to be an exhilarating thrill ride. It isn't. Not a film I can easily recommend, if you're not feeling well and its raining with nothing else to see or do but eat mushroom soup, this one might be for you. The ending is supposed to be a twist but it was all quite predictable.