Pretty funny

Rating: 7/10 (9 March 2006)

I live in Slovakia, I live in Bratislava and I consider this movie being one of the funniest horror comedies ever. I couldn't stop laughing when those guys arrived 'just outside Bratislava'. Police beating up citizens for no apparent reason? Gypsy teen gang terrorizing the city? 80's hits playing at the local disco? Tatra 613 as the best car around here? This 'alternate reality' ruined any promise of terror and fear I could feel from this movie and it ended up with only one scary set.
People say this is twisted, depraved and sick movie. Our local posters have tagline 'Try not to vomit watching this'. But to be honest, it's not that gory as one would think. Almost everything takes place just outside frame or someone blocks the view or the movie is cut away just before 'it' happens. After 'Cabin Fever' I would expect more, but let's wait for unrated director's cut and see what happens.
There's been a lot of fuss about this movie around here, saying it reflects bad image on Slovakia, but people do not get it's just a movie. In my opinion Eli Roth simply wanted to show different locations and props. If he would have shown Slovakia as it really is, he wouldn't get this image of scary European backwoods where everything is possible and I believe the movie would be a lot less scary for non central European folks. We do have the newest cars, we do have skyscrapers, we don't have gypsies' gangs terrorizing towns but hell, we have the most beautiful girls in the world.