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A shocking new twist on the familiar tale of Hansel and Gretel, Breadcrumbs finds a group of shady filmmakers falling prey to a murderous assailant while shooting an adult film at a remote cottage. Angie thought she had left her sordid past behind when a sleazy producer talked her into making one last movie. But as the cast and crew wind their way through a dense woods in search of their destination, they happen across Henry and Patti, two mysterious young siblings who seem to simply live amongst the trees. Later, after the group reaches the cabin and the cameras start to roll, they come under attack from a psychotic killer. Terrified after witnessing a cold blooded killing, lead actor Billy holds Patti hostage in hopes of warding off the unseen predator. But that only serves to enrage their murderous stalker and before long Henri, Patti, and Angie are the only ones left standing. Will Angie make it out of her final shoot alive, or was this always destined to be her bloody swan song? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
The introduction of the film follows the twenty-something camping/filmmaking expedition clichés to a T, but the notion of experiencing the same old same is tossed right out the window pretty quickly. As it turns out these filmmakers aren’t out shooting your typical film. This clan is shooting pornography (which means virtually every character has broken a rule punishable by death in the horror realm, and we get to take in some pretty classic lines like, “Bullseye Pizza, we bulls eye in your eye”)! Yeah, caught me off guard as well, I must admit. Further preposterous territory is explored when a duo of creepy children begin lurking around our “filming location”; when I say creepy, believe me, these youngsters send chills down the spine.
As it turns out, these two, who one would assume certainly seem to play the Hansel and Gretel role (you’d figure based on the film’s title at least), aren’t a couple of unfortunate, unappealing kids. There’s a dark side to their motives (should have probably assumed that, with them running about the woods in the middle of the night chanting chilling tunes and battling over a porcelain doll), and one by one this group of adult entertainers are picked off in an assortment of rewarding ways. Arrows, bear traps, hangings, there’s all kinds of cool methods of human destruction here. In the end, there seems to indeed be a higher power at work, and the story does lean on the Hansel and Gretel mythology, but, the payoff isn’t what I’d call gratifying, and there are a few too many holes to find yourself completely engrossed in the film.
There are some nice shots and cool post filters utilized a time or two, but in general, there isn’t much of anything stimulating here. At the core, this is a standard slasher that tries to be something greater, but comes up a little short. The acting isn’t impressive on any front, and while I issue credit for the idea of placing a bunch of porn stars in this precarious setting, there isn’t a whole lot else to bite down on. Bread Crumbs is just another one of those flicks that offer a couple kick ass shots, but generally misses the mark, by a wide margin.
In closing I’ll say this: anytime a filmmaker transforms a gaunt, six foot tall, 100 pound punk kid as the uber villain capable of slaughtering handfuls of full grown, healthy adults, I have issues with it. For the love of God, beat the shit out of this punk and be done with it. My suspension of disbelief wears thin rather quickly, and this feature served as a solid reminder of that. To make it all worse, we’ve got a group of “protagonists” who make the most moronic decisions imaginable. In the end this isn’t the worst horror film made and it’s probably worth a single viewing, but it’s tough to stomach at times, and it’s not a high quality film by any stretch of the imagination, no doubt about it.
