How, I say how did the Pinata know to destroy modern boats that look nothing like the kayaks from it's own time? And why, since it had the bear paw does it need to beat everything with a stick? And what, in it's origin explains the whole hanging body parts on a tree? Why the Hell after deciding in safety in numbers for perhaps the first time in horror movie history do these idiots leave Doug to get the rock out of his shoe alone and why does it take so damn long to get it out? Why in God's name did no one bring a cell phone with international access with them? Instead they have to count on someone sending a boat 'soon'. I won't say how they killed it, but I will wonder until my dying day why that should have worked! And you know claymation boy looks soooo much better than cgi boy. The only interesting cgi effect was the black smoke that chased um-Nick's girlfriend. OTOH, the cinematography in general is not bad and the islander does have that foggy eerie look to it at times. And. on the upside, Nicholas is some nice eye candy. Lastly, I really hate incredible coincidence movies too, but I would have felt better if we had learned that Nick was a Mexican history major, or totemic magic buff, or descendant of the tribe that created this thing 'cause that legend seemed awfully obscure for someone to just 'hear'. I am assuming, based on this movie, that Brendon is looking to earn his chops as a Producer from the bottom up and God know I've seen worse (as has any fan of MST 3000) and/or he is one of those actors who just likes to act in anything. Hey, so was Roddy McDowell.