it was alright
Added 7/18/2004
[good things]
The story in all was pretty good, I loved the overall atmosphere of the movie. It reminded me a lot of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre/Wrong Turn type movie. The movie did have another brilliant performance by genre superstar John Saxon. The movie, while staying creepy as hell, added a lot of fun and humor, without going way too far. I really enjoyed the two redneck sons, they really added a lot of humor to the movie and it made the really slow parts easier to watch.
[the bad]
The movie was really tame, there were scares, but nothing to write home about. Barely any blood, and very few deaths. Realistically, none of that really took away from the movie. The movie is marginally good, but with a good amount of deaths, blood and gore, the movie could have been a genre/cult classic.
[final thoughts]
The movie in no way is great, and it isn't bad. It's just another movie in the endless stack of direct to video snoozers. The movie did have a very short theatre run, from what I understand, but was jerked out of the theaters with an abysmal opening weekend. The movie had a lot of good parts in it. The two redneck sons, both idiots, one dumb, the other wise-cracking, added a lot of humor. When I watch movies like this, memorable characters always gets be back to watching the movie again. This wasn't much different. I have seen it many times, and continue to be a guilty pleasure of mine. The movie did have some cameos too, one by the late Ray Walston, and the other by Evander Holyfield, who was also the Executive Producer of this film. If you can get your hands on this for cheap, do so. Even though it is nowhere near being a great classic, it's one of those movies that you sort of want to watch every now and then.
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Embarrassing to watch!
Added 3/20/2004
Some movies are just bad. So bad, in fact that you feel sorry for the people who are in them, because you know that they know the movie they are in is a complete turd. This is one of those cases. I can hardly believe that Ray Walsten actually has a cameo in this. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
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