"The Shrine"

From writer/director Jon Knautz comes "The Shrine." Knautz is also the writer director of "Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer" which I haven't seen and honestly...I don't really care to see. Anyway, I'd say Knautz did a fine job with "The Shrine."

Even though the beginning mirrors a lot of other horror movies, kids going to a strange country where they don't know the language or their way around, there's a shockingly unique storyline once things pick up.

Throughout a good 3/4 of the movie I (and those watching the movie with me) assumed that the locals were the "bad guys" so-to-speak, trying to make the three Americans leave their town and threatening them with knives and what not.

Eventually they say they'll leave, which of course there's that one girl in the group that doesn't know what's good for her, and forces the rest of the group to stay, and they're just kind of wandering around the woods when they see this:

It's like a gargoyle-statue thing but it's eyes are inverted and deep, deep red, almost black. Anyway, they stumble upon this in a deep fog that surrounds the whole middle of the woods. The two girls in the group make some serious eye contact with the gargoyle and that's when "The Shrine" proves to be a decent horror film. I really don't want to give it away because you should definitely check this one out. Like I said, the beginning's a bit less impressive then I'd like, but give it a chance.

Since I'm really trying to convine anyone who's reading this to see the movie, here's some more information on the plot, actors, and whatever else.