On a desolate road running through a secluded patch of woods, something not quite human and possibly ancient hunts. This is bad news for a group of high school friends who are riding on a tiny bus whose friendly old driver is forced to take a detour through the stretch of wilderness best left avoided. An animal carcass in the middle of the road forces the driver out of the bus. He drags the animal off to the side of the road and is taken at gunpoint by some derelict psychopath lookin’ like Chris Elliott in Scary Movie 2. One of the kids recognizes him as a wanted lunatic with a penchant for eating tongues. So yeah, this is like the 3rd worst bus ride I’ve taken part in. The bus stalls midway through a tunnel forcing the hijacker to take a hostage and make the driver take a look at the engine. When the lights go out, something worse than a tongue-eating dude with a gun who looks like Chris Elliott in Scary Movie 2 makes its presence known. One dead bus driver later and the group realize they’re in a bunch of trouble and not just because they’re stuck on a bus with a tongue-eating dude with a gun who looks like Chris Elliott in Scary Movie 2. He doesn’t last all that long anyways. That’s one problem solving another but that still leaves an unknown creature with a taste for blood to deal with. They’re forced to exit the bus when the creature makes it inside, so they journey out on foot, desperate for a way out of their improbable predicament. Their escape leads them deeper down into an expansive tunnel system that was probably some sort of military bunker at one point. There’s a little bonding between the kids as they search for a way out and uncover some history about the deformed monster still stalking them. It comes off a little disjointed as it fumbles while juggling horror and a vibe that I would equate to those 80’s “family” films that felt like they shouldn’t be watched by children but I am impressed in how it pulls off making a cast of teenagers all likable. It’s not a bad time, it just feels like it really could have been a better time. Also doesn’t help that some ill-advised narration opens and closes things.
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