It does exactly what it says on the tin

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2009)

Extremely nasty, (the gore factor is stomach-churningly high for those that like that sort of thing), but a terrifically effective shocker nevertheless. On one level director Alexander Aja may be appealing to the slasher brigade but he also knows how to crank the tension all the way up to eleven and the film works as a genuinely frightening comment on the (literal) nuclear family, even more so than was the case with Wes Craven's celebrated original.
The problem is that the family at the centre are so unlikeable and act so dumbly you may be inclined to side with the mutants even if they are presented in a far less sympathetic light than previously. Still, it should appeal to anyone who rates "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" as a satire on a warped consumerist society as well as a great horror movie. The rebirth of the film's obnoxious 'liberal' hero as a macho superman will obviously remind you of Dustin Hoffman's similar transformation in "Straw Dogs" and the whole thing is very dubious. It may also put you off mobile homes for life.