truly great horror film!

Rating: 9/10 (3 September 2006)

I heard some good things about this film, and I really liked Dog Soldiers but even so this was better than I thought. This is one of the few horror films that had truly fleshed out characters - I really felt I knew these people and was sorry when they died.
The fact that this film essentially featured 6 women was also great. Despite other reviews, I definitely did not see this as women vs men. It was women vs creatures. The creatures were both men and women - it was an entire culture/family of creatures.
But this film is as much about relationships and people dealing with their own issues as it was about the monsters.
For horror fiends, this is a real treat too. Great FX, lots of gore and - thankfully - no nudity for an mostly female film. It was nice that despite women getting soaked (with water, blood, etc.) that there were no 'wet t-shirt' shots was very refreshing.
I have heard there is an alternate ending that played outside of the US. But I liked this one too, so am hopeful the other one will be on the DVD.
This is an extremely well done film that can satisfy horror, drama and both male and female audiences. And that is not a small feat.