Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Seclusion’

Written by Scott Edwards

When people get older, they start to think about settling down with someone that they love. The wedding planning however is something that cannot be overlooked. With so many people loving the traditional huge family and friend styles, this has started to tone down over the years. As expenses continue to climb for a dream wedding, some people have taken notice and veered from the traditional and just invite a few people to attend, or just have it as a three-person ceremony. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as you allow your friends to pamper you when you make it back from the honeymoon. 
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Heading up to a secluded cabin in the woods, Grant and Sarah are ready to start their lives together. With a close handful of friends invited to the ceremony, the two only want to have a good time with those closest to them and of course a preacher. As the cars arrive at the cabin, Carter and Trish are showing that they might be next in line to tie the knot. Dani and Beth however are not looking for love and Sarah is trying to figure out why Dani was even invited, being an old friend of her fiancé and all. After Jay arrives on his own, the ceremony can commence and Grant and Sarah make it official.

After the ceremony, the group is having a good time and keeping it extremely low key until the newlyweds adjourn for their first night of marital bliss. But Jay is looking for something else as he tries to put the moves on Trish who is not interested. Seeing that his lady friend is not comfortable, Carter stands up for her and tries to beat the heck out of the preacher. Sending him out on his own in the woods, Jay has no one to turn to as he finds that someone has him targeted for something much worse. 

Getting their morning duties out of the way and being interrupted by Trish who gets a surprise, Sarah and Grant are ready to have a great vacation with their friends. Seeing that Dani has eyes for her man however, Sarah is not afraid to try and keep the two apart. But there is no stopping Dani from trying to help her oldest guy friend when the group decides to try and find out what happened to their preacher. Enlisting help from the ground’s keeper, the group comes back empty handed and find that Trish has gone missing while they were gone. As the group starts to disband one by one, they find out that there is a killer on the loose when they locate Trish’s body in the basement. Needing to find a way to safety before the killer claims his next victim, the group finds that they are stuck in the cabin until morning when all of their cars are out of commission. 

I must admit that if I was ever offered a weekend at a secluded cabin, I would take it without thinking twice and I am sure that I am not the only one. I liked how the story played out, especially with the cell phones being put out of commission right away so you knew they were not an option. The group was very fun as well, as I believe that Beth was the most prepared for what was coming their way and made it feel a little less frightening. When the bodies started to pile up, there was no stopping Sarah from trying to convince Grant what the right thing to do was, but as time runs out, she gets a target put on her as well. With a killer in the shadows, a secluded cabin, a creepy caretaker, a drunk preacher, an old friendship and friends going missing, this is a fun ‘who done it’ that might surprise you in the end. Stay Scared.

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