On their way to a shoot, the cast and crew of a low-budget film get lost in Mexico and come upon a ghost town with a creepy legend about an insane Mexican wrestler exiled there. The director likes the town's gritty appearance and decides it would be the perfect setting for his film... until "El Mascarado" (The Masked Man) begins a game of his own.
It doesn't take long to know exactly what you're getting here. Stop me if you've heard this... a group of young adults are in a van, which breaks down in a deserted town in the middle of nowhere, then they begin to split up, then begin to die. It's not a real original horror film, but what it is really is sort of fun. It's just a good old school slasher B-movie with a lot of gore and a masked killer. Sure, he's got a wrestling mask and gear on but that's where any originality stops.
It reminded me a lot of a cross between The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hatchet. It's got that same dark humor, tongue-in-cheek sort of feel as Hatchet for sure. It's also got a couple of hot women (including the smokin' hot Leyla Razzari), who find reasons to "accidentally" get their tops soaked or get their shorts torn off so they can run around scantily clad, which is kind of fun.
The killer is Rey Misterio Sr. and he doesn't say much, but does a pretty good job of lumbering around picking people off.
This movie is only for wrestling fans or slasher film fans, and it just so happens I'm both. If you're looking for cerebral horror, good acting, big special effects, or people who behave rationally you'll want to look elsewhere.
5/10
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