Crass teens get their asses kicked by a larger evil.

Rating: 4/10 (14 October 2014)

This film uses a tried and true scenario-crass over privileged teens from North America travel to a less privileged country and get their asses kicked by a greater evil than having no class whatsoever. The film works at a basic level but without giving away the plot lets say the film creates a false sense of victory at the end that the sequel squashes within its first five minutes. In that way this film is nothing more than a conduit to an even darker tale of hopeless suffering & evil. It could be seen as a cautionary tale and perhaps in a way it is. Who knows what goes on in out of the way villages in darkest eastern Europe. Transylvania is in Eastern Europe. This story is derivative of the story of Count Dracula on many levels. 'Vlad The Impaler' was a sadistic individual who killed entire villages via cruel torture methods. Much like the antagonists in this film-a Russian gang operating out of a secret hiding place & camouflaging their particular brand of satanism beneath the disguise of organized crime. Whats the message here? I suppose don't go to such towns-if you value your life. I can see that.