“Triggered” (** out of four) was a frenetic horror thriller about several high-school friends (Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart, Sean Cameron Michael, and others) who have a 5-year reunion on a camping trip in the forest and soon find they are strapped with time-bombs by an insane former teacher and that killing one another gives them extra time and they have to count down the clock to see who stays alive. Never boring, as director Alastair Orr lathers on non-stop gore and camera stylistics to try and keep you entertained, but it wears you out after a while. All-too-obviously inspired by the original “Evil Dead” but lacks Raimi’s deftness and humor.

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