I Didn’t Come Here to Die
Director: Bradley Scott Sullivan
Writer: Bradley Scott Sullivan
Cast: Indiana Adams, Kurt Cole, Madi Goff, Travis Scott Newman, Niko Red Star, Emmy Robbin, Jeremy Scott Vandermause
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Plot:
A group of volunteers travels to a remote campsite to prepare it for future summer camps. They all go there for different reasons and tensions are rising pretty quickly. When you add alcohol to the mix, things are destined to go wrong – and soon do, when Miranda (Madi Goff) runs into a branch that takes out her eye. Volunteer leader Sophia (Emmy Robbin) leaves the others and rushes Miranda to the hospital. But that’s only just the beginning of bad circumstances made worse by bad decisions.

I Didn’t Come Here to Die is a great little movie. It had the finest of black humor. Despite the occasional clumsiness and its low budget, it somehow becomes a lot more than the sum of its parts.

The movie doesn’t have much of a budget and you can see it in pretty much every frame. Part of it was that it was obviously shot during the day and then afterwards altered to look like it was shot at night. It doesn’t really look like it was actually night time but it gives the whole film a surreal quality that goes nicely with the storyline.

Another part of it was the acting that was not really great. It was sufficient but not much more. Which is also why the whole magic trick romancing scene didn’t work at all. But I think it might have been the first time in my life I actually sniggered.

Despite its shortcomings I absolutely loved I Didn’t Come Here to Die. And that’s because the script is awesome. I mean, it’s occasionally a little heavyhanded (see character introduction infodump or said magic trick romancing) but mostly it’s funny and full of ideas.

You just know that Bradley Scott Sullivan loves horror films – and therefore loves to make fun of all the clichéing going on in the genre. In that regard it is much like Tucker & Dale does, only a little less flashy and a little meaner, maybe.

Summarising: I can only recommend it.