Some of the continuity is off in this, and some of the effects suck, like the scene at the end, but this is a fantastic movie. I kind of kept expecting Aladdin to pop up, because the main guy did his voice, but it was great. I like that carnage and it didn't really seem as slow as everyone made it seem. Surprisingly good amount of gore, and sleaze. The story is a little thin, and a little weird but easy to follow.

Okay, please stop me if you've heard this one before. Seven totally obnoxious and unlikeable beer-chugging, snowboard-surfing, sex-obsessed party hearty college coed kids decide to spend a weekend of fun and frolics at a remote abandoned ski lodge. Naturally, they trespass, do drugs and make out. Of course, they ignore the local townspeople's warning that said lodge may be haunted by the spirit of a little girl who was accidentally killed in a tragic accident a while back. And, biggest surprise of all, some murderous mystery maniac proceeds to viciously bump off the wholly deserving chowderheads one at a time.

This entertainingly tacky and silly by-the-numbers body count slice'n'dice fright flick starts out a little slow and clumsy, but steadily improves and gains momentum as it goes along. Director/co-writer Greg Huson fails to build any tension or create a creepy atmosphere, but he does keep the pace moving forward at a steady clip, stages the nicely gruesome murder set pieces with a reasonable amount of flair (gory highlights include two beheadings by steel wire, a hanging by scarf from a ski lift, and an especially nifty impalement by icicle),and elicits acceptable performances from an attractive cast of young unknowns. Better yet, the female cast members are all smoking hot (luscious brunette looker Holly Towne in particular is a major babe who even bares her tasty bod in a fairly steamy sex scene),the snow-covered wintry landscapes look gorgeous, and there's plenty of choice stupid dialogue ("I don't ski - I shred"). Charles A. Schner's polished cinematography, Alan Derian's spooky score, and the occasionally snazzy MTV-style flashy jump editing are all likewise up to par. Granted, this sure ain't anything terribly special or remarkable, but this pleasingly modest little piece of low-budget horror junk does the trick all the same.

Coming up with a generic plot is often compared to shuffling a pack of cards in order to come up with a slightly different plot each time . Unfortunately by the end of the 20th century the pack of cards entitled " Bunch of teenagers get stalked and killed " had been shuffled to death and what the post modernist humour of SCREAM did was bury the pack once and for all . Guess how the producers of SHREDDER ( A made for video movie released in 2002 ) take a new approach ? That`s right they make the teenagers snowboarders !

Just to explain the reason why teenagers get bumped off in these type of movies is to introduce a subtest of proteastant ethics . Horny teenagers both slappers and studs who have sex just for the fun of it must be horribly murdered as retribution for being promiscuous while the gutsy virgin must survive the film as reward for keeping her honour , but unless I`m missing something there`s not one honourable virgin ( Well female ones ) in this movie or any sympathetic character at all . In fact if I bumped into any of these characters in real life I`d be hard pressed not to put an ice pick through their heads . Oh and there`s a scene at the end that can be described as cheating . I won`t spoil it for you but you`ll know the scene when you see it .

If there`s any film producers out there thinking of making yet another movie about horny teenagers getting sliced and diced can you please consider another career option