I liked this movie, despite it being subtitled and some of the meaning undoubtedly lost in translation.

Its a youthful horror tale, with diverse characters and a decent backstory.

The majority of it is filmed at night on a small farm with a few cabins and a barn.

The story involves a high school group celebrating graduation and the interpersonal dynamics of the friends. This is the subtext of the slasher plot-- the interpersonal relationships determine who survives.

That is what we conclude at the end of the film. Its a striking ending and this separates it from other teen slasher movies.

I gave it a solid 5 stars.

Look, I'm a horror fan, and if you are going to watch this film, you certainly are, too. And I absolutely LOVED this film.

Sure, it's a story about partying teenagers who transgress in the woods and then get picked off by a masked stranger. That's not "lack of innovation", that's a SUBGENRE, which this film totally nails.

Yes, it's not until the halfway point that "the action" begins. But I consider that a pro not a con. I actually enjoyed getting to know the characters, who despite being high school archtypes, are more real and fleshed out than their counterparts in American films, whom often seem as though they are designed for us to detest them so that we don't feel as bad when they are killed.

And the movie makes up for the lost time in the second half.

I appreciate that the characters act in ways that seem appropriate to who they are, rather than just in ways that will further the plot. That was accomplished by giving us time to know who they were.

I also loved the fact that the killer didn't simply skulk about in the shadows picking victims off one by one; he was NOT afraid to mix it up! While he was certainly...effective, he was not superhuman.

If you don't like this film, you either don't like slashers or you are too jaded to appreciate them any longer.