Acrimony - Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior. What a befitting title, obviously the dialog that was written for this little indie flick was predicated on that title. Not an altogether bad movie, but it left me a bit confused and needed a little more closure to make me appreciate it more.

Picture a group of college aged couples heading out to the forest for a little camping (one of them including Horrorwatch’s resident Scream Queen Suzi Lorraine), some recreation, relaxation, and of course, fornication. However things aren’t all wine and roses when one of the guys tells a creepy campfire story, about a small girl's drowning, and the vow of retribution made by the victim's brother, this story gets a few people in the group a bit too riled up.

I kept reminding myself that the name of the movie was “Acrimony” and it is the animosity and bitterness that is expected. But I just couldn’t overlook the fact that Noah (Writer/Director Brandon E. Brooks) was getting just a bit too bent out of shape over said campfire story.

Not long into the little forest venture do the couples start fighting amongst themselves, and then people start disappearing at the hands of a strange figure that everyone seems to know, but we don’t find out their identity until the very end. So the story is good in that it creates a tangible motive for nearly each and every person to be able to fit into the shoes of the “killer.”

Ultimately, my problem was that the movie continued for about 10 minutes longer than it had to, and created more confusion than it solved.

Much of the dialog is forced, and you can tell why Suzi Lorraine and Adam Ciesielski received top billing, their performances were the most believable of the bunch, and obviously why they were paired together. I was also impressed with the acting abilities of Writer/Director Brandon E. Brooks; he did an exceptional job in his role as Noah. Everyone else’s performances varied from halfway-decent to downright strained, and it wasn’t very hard to figure out who the first victim would be…YAY!

Enough nudity to satisfy you horn-dogs, but very little of the red stuff to satisfy the gore-hounds, interesting story, and lots of fighting, but just a little too long and confusing in the end. This one weighs in on the low side of “middle-of-the-road” Keep it up though guys, it’s a good effort!

5.5 out of 10 ridiculously large used condoms in the back seat.