Attack of the Killer Shrooms

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Magnolia Pictures' film Shrooms depicts five American college students on the “trip of a lifetime” in the picturesque countryside of Ireland. However, despite the movie's initial lighthearted puns, "the trip" turns deadly, exposing the apparent dangerous cocktail of naïve tourists, Irish forests, and of course “funny-mushrooms”. In the tradition of Reefer Madness, Shrooms offers over-the-top sensationalism on something that grows from the ground.

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uh oh

Submitted by psychonaut on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 20:29.
they shouldn't have made this. now the mushroom at the end of time may be a nuclear one.

More fear mongering than

Submitted by Ryan AP on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 04:38.

More fear mongering than anything else, it really didn't seem to be very interesting at all. It might turn some people's trips negative, though.

Utter nonsense.

Submitted by Psychonautilus on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 05:55.
This has got to be one of the single most worthless movie concepts I have ever encountered in the entirety of my mortal existence. Most contemporary horror movies are little more than cheap, uninspired thrills anyway, but this one is dangerously close to the threshold of shittyness. Not only does it seem to lack any apparent depth, insight, or uniqueness, but it makes a mockery of a very significant issue: the nature of psychedelic plants and our relationship to them. In these highly decisive years, we need to, collectively, approach this subject with a more mature attitude, and this film does the exact opposite. It reinforces old stereotypes, ones founded in ignorance, and effectively propagates the same fear and confusion that has clouded our judgment of these topics over the last several decades. Watch the trailer, and the message becomes instantly clear: "I never should've eaten those shrooms!" What a premise! I'll bet the "creative visionary" behind this film (what a joke) has never even tried psilocybin mushrooms. If he has, he must've been quite drunk when he took them. This film is nothing more than a sensationalized rehash of old fears, superstitions, and false preconceptions. I urge you all to forget this little "incident" ever happened; we need to move forward, and this nonsense will only pull us back.

Wow

Submitted by wanderlust on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 11:18.
I imagine most have awakened from this commercial trance, although the aesthetic of films like this have caught on...I worry most about the young folks, teenagers and such, that films like this shape their culture and what they talk about. Still, I've interacted with 14 year olds who are more aware of the ridiculousness of hollywood's ploy for their wallets than most adults. Honestly though looking at the distribution and actors in this abortion of a film, I doubt it will go very far. sure

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kinda thing

Submitted by high sourcery on Fri, 02/15/2008 - 20:26.
where you don't know whether to laugh because it's so wack, or cry because you know it symbolizes a sentiment that so many subscribe to. in situations like that i don't do anything.

 

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EVIL MUSHROOM

Submitted by jumpinjackflash on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 15:36.

I fully agree, mushrooms are EVIL, VILE, SATANIC. Everyone must avoid them at all costs. Here in Florida we have cubensis, mostly propogated by cattle, growing in VILE dung. Its awful, they should outlaw all beef in Florida. Thank You. (Now, where are my hicking boots and 'shroom bag?)

brain=garden, mushroom=water