Five college students head out for a weekend of fun in a remote bungalow. But things don’t go as planned, and it’s only a matter of time before blood spurts, heads roll and the bodies begin to pile up.
If you’ve seen any horror movie in the past three decades, you’re likely familiar with this scenario, a staple of the so-called “slasher” genre.
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