Off the beaten path...to a blood bath.

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2006)

Director Alexandre Aja is faithful to Wes Craven in this "updated" and "unrated" version of a genuine cult classic. Not for the weak of stomach or faint of heart...its either puke or cardiac arrest. This is a must see for every horror flick freak. "Big Bob"(Ted Levine)and his bible spewing wife Ethel(Kathleen Quinlan)and family plus extended family get off the main highway to California and become stranded in the middle of the desert. And from the hills an inbred community of psychotic beings stalk the suburbanites with full intent to slaughter. The taste of flesh, either animal, fowl or human, is of no concern. These deformed mutants sustain themselves with any convenient blood pumping source.
Other cast members: Emilie de Ravin, Aaron Stanford, Dan Byrd, Billy Drago, Robert Joy and Laura Ortiz. Haunting and interesting is the eclectic soundtrack featuring: Webb Pierce, Mamas and Papas, The Vanguards, Moot Davis and Wires on Fire.