The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

A solid, intermittently excellent, and extremely exsanguinatory take on what Stephen King famously referred to as the "Spam in a cabin" genre.

Bloody and gory, but in a friendly way, this is a movie for old-school horror fans who understand that, sometimes, bad is good.

Poor word of mouth should doom it for a quick ride to DVD oblivion.

Director/co-screenwriter Gabriel Bologna, working vigorously at hokey predictability, wastes little time getting us to wish his obnoxious characters (why do people who seemingly hate each other always vacation together?) would find their inner maniacs already.

This generic horror meller would be most at home debuting on Syfy -- perhaps double-billed with "Pinata: Survival Island."

Watching people play a board game ain’t ever going to be scary, and that’s essentially what we have here.

In 10 years, this movie could easily take its place among cult classics like “The Room.’’ For now, it’s better left in the bowels of a Turkish cave.