Mercy Falls (2023)

United Kingdom

Thriller, Horror

Magic Monkey Films, Moonglass

Lauren Lyle, Nicolette McKeown, James Watterson, Layla Kirk, Joe Rising, Eoin Sweeney

Ryan Hendrick

Ryan Hendrick, Meliá Grasska

Taglines: How far would you fall to survive?

scotland, slasher, cabin in the woods, survival horror, lauren lyle

A group of friends set off into the Scottish Highlands in search of a long lost cabin. Once far from civilization, an unforeseen tragedy befalls the group and one bad decision leads to suspicion, betrayal and murder.

Reviews:

Author: Geronimo1967
Anyone remember the BBC “Merlin” series with Colin Morgan? Well, this is really just like an updated version of one of his adventures, only without the costumes, charm or dragons! We start with some lovely drone footage of the treetops before being introduced to “Rhona” (Lauren Lyle) who has assembled four of her friends to hike twenty-odd miles into the wilderness to find a remote cabin that she has inherited from her long-time estranged father. They haven’t a clue, but luckily “Carla” (Nicolette McKeown - who reminded me a lot of Rebecca Ferguson) is on hand and she offers to guide them on their quest. It turns out, though, that “Carla” has quite a psychologically malevolent streak and that “Rhona” and her mates are all rather fickle, shallow types - except, perhaps, “Scott” (James Watterson). What now ensues gets gradually more silly as we discover there is precious little that’s likeable about any of these people before a denouement that says very little about the standard of high-end British military training. The audio work is effective, but the rest of this is unremarkable fayre that will keep until it’s on the television around Halloween.