Horrifictastic

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2008)

Some mixed reviews of this flick but if you like your horror and gore unedited and in your face, this is the movie for you. The first part of the movie relaxes the viewer with some nice eye-candy, a bit of simulated sex and some fit eastern European girls showing off their wares before the lads find out they have a free invitation to a torture chamber. It reminded me of watching From Dusk Til Dawn for the first time and how the movie suddenly became a vampire flick halfway through! Pretty boy jay hernandez made for an unlikely hero but unlike many horror films which go all silly just to show some gratuitous gore, director Eli Roth keeps the suspense going to the end and really kept a seasoned horror fan like myself squirming on the edge of my seat. This is definitely not one for the faint-hearted or a date movie, perfect to watch with a few mates after the pub has shut.