The plot to this film surrounds a teenage girl called Mia, who in an attempt to kick her drug addiction isolates herself from society by going to stay in a desolate cabin in the middle of the woods with some friends and her brother. It is here where an evil spell is unknowingly released by one of her friends, freeing a creature allowing it to possess and control her. One by one this possession spreads through to her friends making them not only die but also brutally mutilate themselves and each other. Eventually the evil being is cast out from inside Mia and she must go head-to-head to defeat it.
By having the setting deep in an unoccupied forest it suggests from the beginning that to one will be able to escape or access help when everything starts to go wrong leaving the main protagonist and their crew stuck alone in the area waiting to die . This is exactly what happens throughout the duration of the film as none of the group of friends are able to escape either their possessed friends who are trying to kill them or the possession its self.
Jump scares are used throughout the film especially after scenes of built up tension. For the example the clip below showing the character Olivia in the bathroom used both sound and visuals to physically make the viewer jump. As horror films are created with the intention of scaring viewers these short shocks work well.
A lot of gore is used during the film and the genre of horror as a whole mainly to shock the audience and create an uncomfortable feeling amongst them. This shock can thrill audiences sometimes to the point of creating a lasting impact upon them. Both the clips above and below show two different characters mutilating themselves in different ways.
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