dull, dull, dull, dull

Rating: 1/10 (28 January 2006)

the only success this film achieves is in showing how you can rip off a tried and tested B-Grade 80's horror film scenario and give it a modern, dull spin!
i have ticked off spoiler, but that's a bit rich, considering how the trailers, promos and advertising basically give you the entire film. and that's much of the problem - of the 90 minutes of this flick, 50 minutes are wasted getting you past the bits you already know.
as for sharp, taunt and tight "blipvert" film-making, what exactly is the point of all the "atmospheric" shots of them walking around some Eastern European village? as for the "depraved murders", they are rather tame. what happened to all the cool promise of chainsaws and power drills in the posters? you end up with some hick redneck cowboy mumbling about shooting away lasting longer on screen than any horrific violence. if you do not want to show horrors, do not make a horror film!
don't be fooled by the slick promotion of this film, and certainly do not let yourself get conned by the "Quentin Tarantino Presents" lettering all over the poster.
one of the worst, most disappointing and quite frankly dull horror films ever to be made.