More Of A Well Crafted Thriller Than Horror Shocker

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2009)

With all of the hype behind this movie I thought I new what to expect going in but the movie completely floored me. It starts off slow and focuses on three guys backpacking though Europe two of them are American and one is Icelandic. For the first 30 to 40 minutes there is very little horror but a lot of character development goes on, so that when the horror does start at least for me it made what the characters where going though more horrific. This is where I am going to spoil so if you haven't yet seen the movie I do recommend it so stop reading go watch it then finish the review. When the horror does happen it is being instigated by someone that the guys met on their journey, even the girls the where sleeping with at the beginning are in on it. From that point on it is about Jay Hernedaz's characters escape. There is a lot of violence and gore but not as much as I was expecting and for the last 30 minutes the film turns into an action movie so as far as a horror movie goes I was disappointed because I was expecting more. It does have a satisfying ending in that all of the people directly involved get killed in brutal and very memorable ways. All of the guys were very good at there parts and they start out as very unlikable but through the course of the movie that changes. I definitely recommend it but don't go in expecting a epic horror cause you will be disappointed.