Timber Falls

(2007) ***

Mike and his girlfriend Sheryl go on vacation to Lake Kimbrabow State Park in West Virginia (of course, where else would you meet backwoods psychos) to spend the weekend hiking and camping in the woods. The trail station guide directs them with a choice of the Donner Trail or the Willow Creek Bridge trail but after a chance meeting with Ida, a charming local woman they decide to take the Timber Falls trail, which she recommends for the breathtaking view. Shortly into their hike, they have an encounter with some local rambunctious hunters, Brody, Darryl and Lonnie. The encounter prompts Mike to pull out a gun he has stashed in his backpack. Sheryl is appalled that he has the gun and convinces him to get rid of the bullets, you just know this is going to come back to bite them in the ass.

After the scuttle is settled they continue the hike and finally set up camp for the night. The next morning Sheryl is abducted after a morning dip in a nearby lake. Mike is going crazy looking for her; he seeks the help of a trail guide believing the hooligans from the previous day are the ones who have kidnapped his girl. Turns out he was wrong and soon finds himself along with Sheryl at the mercy of a twisted God fearing family of religious kooks who want to use them to create a baby.


This was one of the better backwoods weirdo flicks that I’ve seen, even if it is West Virginia once again. At least they didn’t depict the whole town as twisted weirdos. There are actually some normal folks in this one.

The family that abducts them is really just desperate for a child and this desperation had driven them to extremes. They know what they are doing is wrong but have used religious gobbldy-gook to justify their actions. I have a problem with how the film ends and that is why I took away ½ a star from my rating. Let’s just say I have a huge problem will unexplained and unwarranted sequel set up endings. If you’re going for the sequel set up let it at least make sense.