I have no idea what led me to put this into my Netflix DVD queue. When the mail came, I had no recollection of wanting to see this film. But on a Friday night at home, with nothing good playing at the theater, I decided to put it on.

By the description printed on the DVD sleeve, I was more or less expecting something to do with aliens. Something weird, something unexplained, with little green men lurking in the shadows,…

I used to know some people who would do Crystal. The story of one of them deciding to use a chainsaw to cut some firewood in the middle of the living room at 3am were funny at the time, but 15 years later, some of those people aren't even alive anymore. Those who are have largely been forgotten by the people I used to spend time with.

The editing in this film makes you feel the frenzied rush of a…