A group of reality show contestants in the backwoods find themselves fighting for their survival against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all.I read where first time director Joe Lynch said he intended this film to be an "homage to the early 80s splatter sequels". Boy did he succeed. The advantage he had when making this over the first one, that it wasn't going to the theaters so it didn't have to go before the MPAA (ratings board), means that it's full on blood 'n guts... and I do mean buckets of blood 'n guts. This film is a hardcore slaughter.
All the characters which gather for the reality show are cardboard personas, but that's pretty realistic for a reality show anyway so it works. They're mostly likable at least and easy to be sympathetic with (except for 1 annoying guy). The bad guys, aka inbred freaks, are perverse and twisted as all hell. The pace is quick with little downtime and the gore is unapologetic, splattering right in the camera putting you in the middle of the mess.
Horror fans can play deja-vu for the whole film... so I'll help out here. There's a scene directly reminiscent of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family dinner scene, another scene very close to The Hills Have Eyes II childbirth scene, the lead bad guy (Pa) is Ken Kirzinger who was Jason in Freddy vs. Jason, Nina was in Texas Chainsaw, Amber was in Hills Have Eyes II, Elena and Jake were in Final Destination 3 and the show stealer is Henry Rollins I thought, who was in Feast. Rollin's character had me cheering the later half of the movie.
If you can't tell from this review, this film is only for fans of horror as it's doubtful the main stream will find it anything but repulsive. Not particularly creative or new, it's just a fun, brutal splatterfest.
8/10
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