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Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Maya Hazen, Alice Greczyn ... see more see more... , Robert Hoffman , Don Wycherley , Sean McGinley , Toby Sedgwick , Andre Pollack , Jack Gleeson , Mike Carbery , Anna Tikhonova , Goranna McDonald , Jake Allen , Berry Murphy , Joe Murphy , Joe Phelan , Peter McMahon , Thomas Creighton

Five American college students experience a particularly bad trip while vacationing in Ireland and partaking of the local hallucinogenic fungi in director Paddy Breathnach's tripped-out tale of sex, d... read more read more...rugs, and slashers. Upon arriving in Ireland to go camping with their old college buddy Jake, Americans Tara, Troy, Holly, Bluto, and Lisa and their host eagerly set out into the wilderness in search of some magic mushrooms. As the trip starts to take hold and the group gathers around the campfire, Tara begins to wonder if she took too strong of a dose after Bluto goes missing, and she feels as if she's somehow witnessed his death. When other members of the group go missing as well, it begins to appear that someone is stalking the group and taking murderous advantage of their altered state. Could it be that this is just a simple case of hallucinogenic panic, or is there an element of truth to Jake's troubling stories of mutilated bodies and unsolved murders in the Irish countryside? The only way to be certain is for Tara to fight for her life and try to maintain her sanity until the morning sun rises and the reality returns. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Paddy Breathnach

Release Date: February 1, 2008

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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2008

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  • jmanard52
    June 25, 2010
    jmanard52
    A simple slasher flick with a normal twist. Maybe a few creepy moments but otherwise just decent.
  • helpahorse
    May 29, 2011
    helpahorse
    Couldn't finish it because I had a good idea where the film was going.... I've seen it all before- bad acting, young unlikable/shallow college kid characters, stupid jump scares, camping in the woods, etc. Usually I watch movies like this despite how tragically awful they are, bu... read moret this time I stopped myself and watched something better. It felt good.
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    March 7, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    "Dude, I.. i just cant think right now with you trying to stab me cause im fucked up.. are you real? oh, fuck please dont kill me.. oh god im tripping! Look, bro. i got.. i got eight buck in my wallet. sso just take it, and oh fuck im tripping balls.. oh shit dont cut my balls, i... read more didn't mean it bro! Holly, please help m.. "
  • SirPant
    March 1, 2011
    SirPant
    Hmmmmmm, has Pearse Elliott ever tried Magic Mushrooms I wonder? And when did Ireland become 'Famous' for it Magic Mushroom trips? Needless to say, it's all very silly. To be fair though, I liked the talking cow and Paddy Breathnach does genuinely have some impressive director sk... read moreills (Even though he did direct one of my least favourite films, Blow Dry in 2001); the cinematography is pretty impressive at times. Unfortunately, like many modern horror films, it is ultimately let down by a stupid story, an awful script and stupid actors that can't act.
  • bbcfloridabound
    June 30, 2010
    bbcfloridabound
    Pretty freaky movie, group of people go to Ireland to do some camping and take some shrooms, John Lennon move over. After taking them people rise from the dead and start knocking college kids off one by one. 4 Starts for this on. Yes its Scary. What?s really scary is who the kil... read moreler really is.
  • LitelBluHli
    August 28, 2009
    LitelBluHli
    It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it was even a little creepy. The story itself was decent enough; a group of friends fly all the way to Ireland to do shrooms and meet up with another friend. They camp out in the woods and find all these shrooms to do. During their sh... read moreroom trip, crazy things starts happening, maybe they are hallucinating or maybe not. It is low budget, so don't expect too much.
  • FiLmCrAzY
    May 9, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    Well what can i say, i decided to watch this is the dark to give it that extra creep factor and was bored throughout the film!
    Granted the mystery character thats meant to be killing everyone and it is a creepy character but the rest of the film is a let dwn with so little scare... read mores you wonder why its been called a horror movie.
    basically some american friends go to ireland to meet there other friend to go camping and pick shrooms, shrooms are just magic mushrooms and they all take them but weird things stqart happening and one student can see the future and whose going to die and wen and they cant determine which people are real and which are a figment of their imagination!
    Its not a great horror at all but has a twist towards the end but isnt really worth the time!
  • 76Majikat
    April 3, 2009
    76Majikat
    The very beginning of this films looks quite realistic and gives hope of potential, when within seconds it changes to a very typical teen travelling Horror.

    Just in case the American teens, along with the Irish friend (who doesn?t actually sound Irish) do not give you the hint... read more that this is based in Ireland, look out for the token Irish Dancers in the airport near the beginning of the film ? there you have it, we are in Ireland!

    Like many Teen Horrors previously, each of the characters are strategically created to clash with other personalities, which give you a ?been there seen it, kind of feel?.

    There is a little credit due for the original plot using magic mushrooms which led to some quite good trippy moments, which I won?t spoil for you.

    All in all, it was an easy watching Horror film with little glimmers of originality, but it really doesn?t offer that much more than any other film within this genre.
  • Deano78
    October 7, 2008
    Deano78
    A very average slasher that is a bit of a let down really. Not scary, gory or anything memorable about it and the ending was the only saving grace, but even that was half predictable.
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 20, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    This films only real redeeming factor is a talking cow. Everything else is horribly simple film making that is incredibly similar to every other stalk and slash film. It's a made for TV film that somehow managed to drag itself onto cinema screens. Annoying American teenagers who ... read moredon't seem to be friends but apparently are go on holiday and do mushrooms. It could have been a great opportunity for some cheesy horror comedy but instead it attempts to play it straight. You guess the twist in minutes and watch as the characters are killed off. No enjoyment, nothing to say and nothing innovative leaves just a shallow film that is mercifully short.

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Critic Reviews

Walter V. Addiego
February 8, 2008
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

[A] half-baked effort. Full Review

Anton Bitel
September 16, 2008
Anton Bitel, musicOMH.com

As perhaps befits a film so concerned with being 'under the influence', Breathnach's hallucinogen-driven giallo turns its very derivativeness into a virtue, confounding viewers with a gleeful overdose... Full Review

Steve Biodrowski
July 4, 2008
Steve Biodrowski, ESplatter

Shrooms may seem great while you're under its spell, but once the drugs wear off and you wake up, it fades pretty quickly ... Still, it's not a bad trip while it lasts. Full Review

Austin Kennedy
June 18, 2008
Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine

Besides a few swell looking shots, this movie is just garbage. Full Review

Jeff Shannon
February 8, 2008
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times

Even casual horror buffs have seen it all before. Full Review

Bill White
February 7, 2008
Bill White, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

From the distorting lens used randomly to suggest unreality, to the twist ending lifted verbatim from the superior High Tension, it's about as imaginative as a portobello steak with onions. Full Review

Stan Hall
February 1, 2008
Stan Hall, Oregonian

Some talent and effort went into creating the visuals; too bad the script appears to have sprouted from the same dung pile as the mushrooms. Full Review

Phelim O'Neill
November 23, 2007
Phelim O'Neill, Guardian [UK]

There are some fleetingly beautiful scenic shots and the odd atmospheric moment, but scissorhands editing destroys any suspense as it attempts to hide a very obvious plot twist; this is as boring as l... Full Review

November 23, 2007
Daily Mirror [UK]

Not just unoriginal, dull and as scary as the adventures of Noddy, Shrooms makes you want to plant a tombstone in the earth and mourn the death of horror. Full Review

Ali Catterall
November 23, 2007
Ali Catterall, Film4

Mush. Full Review

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