"The Culling" But Who is Culling?

The Trailer:

Director: Rustam Branaman
Cast: Jeremy Sumpter, Elizabeth Di Prinzio, Brett Davern, Lindsey Godfrey, Chris Coy, & Harley Graham

Synopsis: A group of friends make a horrifying detour on their way to SxSW when they find a young girl crying in a diner parking lot. When they return her to isolated farmhouse, strange things begin to happen.

Oh man, where do I even begin? You know, I love all kinds of horror movies: supernatural, sci-fi, paranormal, creature features, torture, gory, psychological thrillers. Really, any movie that has a scare element to it. And because I cherish horror so much, I will be the first person to call out any shitty horror movie and its even shittier clichéd plot/characters. And The Culling is probably one of the shittiest horror movies I have ever seen, thought, do correct me if there is even worse out there.

 So we have the group of friends: Amanda (Lindsey Godfrey), her boyfirend Sean (Brett Davern), Tyler (Jeremy Sumpter), his girlfriend Emily (Elizabeth Di Prinzio, and Hank (Chris Coy). Amanda just got out of rehab and also has some kind of psychic ability, but neither detail are ever used to carry the story along; they are simply stated and kind of talked about later in the movie but not to any useful effect. Like in one scene when they first get to the farmhouse she mentions that she has a bad feeling about it and everyone is just like "please, stop with your psychic bullshit". Also, later her and Sean sneak outside to smoke weed and she asks Sean why he never visited her in rehab. Those are really the only times either detail of her life are mentioned, for what purpose? I'm guessing to make it seem like these characters have depth, but it adds nothing to the story. Sean seems to be the only one who has any brains, but he is also the douche of the group so no one takes him seriously. Example: When they find Lucy (Harley Graham) in the parking lot, Sean suggests they take her to the police or call the police, yet everyone thinks he's just being inconsiderate. Emily and Tyler are supposed to be the "levelheaded" ones of the group, yet every decision they make is stupid and leads the entire group to trouble. Like when Sean suggests taking Lucy to the police they say no and then decide to take the girl back to her remote farmhouse. RED FUCKING FLAG!! Are you idiots? She could be bait for a maniacal weirdo, or perhaps people who dabble in black magic shit (which is what she turns out to be). And Hank has absolutely no purpose, except to come back from near death to save Emily and then we never see him again.

Also there are so many moments where you have to wonder, "did the writer forget what he wrote in the last part?', because there are so many scenes that don't fit with the previous scene. Like one moment they are frantically looking for Lucy, who somehow goes missing, and then the next scene they are all chill and sitting by the fireplace. Like, what?? Did you all forget that the little girl is missing??? Then they are moments of just pure stupidity and are simply put, unbelievable! Like when Hank is shot and bleeding out, Emily and Tyler decide to have an argument about who is going to go out and get help. *Groan* Are you fucking kidding me? You're friend is bleeding out and dying and you want to waste time arguing!? Ridiculous!! And to make it all worse, there is absolutely no suspense ever in the entirety of the movie. There is never a scare moment. And we are never given an explanation to anything that has transpired over the progression of the movie. It's just so stupid, I would recommend you to never ever ever in your life endure this ridiculous movie!! Ever! Waste of my time!!!