Group 7 Foundation Production

Treatment

A small group of friends enter woods on a camping trip, happy, noisy teenagers. They enter without and real cares for anyone else except for themselves, however it becomes apparent in the opening scenes of the film that they are not alone. Rustles in bushes and noises in the distance cause fear amongst the group, but not for long. The murderer picks them off one by one.
A cut then to a urban town, heavily populated, another group of friends enters the woods on another camping trip, however they know what has gone on in the woods, however they don’t see this to be a great threat. They proceed, without many items, a tent, sleeping bags, alcohol and implements to make a fire. The teens are here to have a good time, get drunk and have sex, stereotypical teenage behaviour. However the kids venture to far into the woods and with no real way of knowing how to get out they get lost.
The kids try and venture out to find help and a way out, however as they venture out alone and try and act heroic, they never return. The murderer has incredible strength, however he doesn’t look too threatening, you never see his face. He has a mental illness and it amuses him to kill people in horrific ways and scare the teenagers, for example by leaving parts of their dead friends around the forest. He leaves booby traps around the forest which also cause some of the teens injuries, from these injuries he kills these characters off. This drives the teenagers to the brink of insanity themselves, however the teenagers try and adapt to their environment to get their own back at the killer, when they realise people going out on there own means almost certain death they all stick together, however some more go missing until there are only two characters left.
They face the murderer in the woods, he follows them, but he doesn’t know that’s what they want him to do. When they get to a certain point they confront him and lead him into their trap and kill him. Then they cry and embrace each other after there ordeal. After this they hear rustling in the bushes and think it’s another murderer, however it’s a police officer and they are shown to a near by town and go home. However at the end of the film the girl looks in a mirror and thinks she sees the murderer and looks out the window, and all she sees is rustling bushes.