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Piper's (Gianna Lutz) brother Jason (Dave Hurt) and his girlfriend Selena (Emree Franklin) have gone missing in the woods that have become notorious for swallowing up people without a trace, and in fourteen days the police haven't come up with even a clue leading to them - also because they're afraid themselves of this very stretch of land and wouldn't go near it even in the line of duty. So Piper, her boyfriend Cody (Carter Burch), her best friend Mallory (Chynna Walker) and Mallory's boyfriend Devin (Swayde McCoy) decide to go to the woods themselves looking for Jason. But the group is off to a bad start already as the two male members of the group constantly butt heads. And yes, Devin is a cynical stoner, but Cody's hardly any better, a wannabe manly man who thinks he has all the answers for being an ex-marine while totally ignoring that he doesn't even understand the questions. So there's constant infighting between the two, which doesn't help any and at times gets violent - but ultimately, the first night, Devin is killed by something, who knows what, but it certainly wasn't Cody. And that something certainly harkens back to the local legend of a witch (Amanda Evans) having been executed in this neck of the woods. After this shock, our heroes decide to ditch their rescue efforts and make it out of the woods to their car, but the markings they have left to find their way back now only lead them in circles, as do the stars, and a river they've swam in only yesterday that should lead them to civilisation has suddenly disappeared. So they're pretty much trapped in the forest, drained of their lifeforce as their supplies run low, and after them there's some thing that only waits to strike them down, whenever it so pleases ...

Now The Texas Witch is certainly not the film that has re-invented survival horror, and I would go so far to say its plot isn't utterly original - but that said, the film's really good at what it does, telling a suspense story that's actually also compelling, with all the violence and jump scares in all the right places, with a beliuevable group of central characters embodied by a relatable ensemble cast, led by a genre savvy direction. So it might not be the re-invention of the wheel, but it's a really fun horror ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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