two American travellers get more than they bargained for in Eastern Europe

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2006)

As gore films go this is a good one. It is not just a series of stomach churning violent scenes that leave you reaching for the sick bag, in fact the story line is well developed and the film, as a whole, has a menacing feel. There are just enough twists and turns to keep you guessing the whole way through and you are always one step away from really knowing whats going on. There is also a moral thread running through the film, which is shown between the parallel of the boys buying women at the beginning and being bought themselves at the end. There is just enough gore and violence to keep you happy but not leave you feeling over faced. It is not a big budget Hollywood gore flick packed full of special effects but I feel that it benefits from this because it has to rely on plot line and suspense to deliver the real chills. On the whole this is an intelligent and believable horror movie that leaves you asking the question, could this really be going on somewhere right now?