great horror fun!

Rating: 7/10 (21 March 2006)

some people here have said 'even better than the original' etc... from what i've heard, that isn't saying much!!
however i still found this movie to be highly entertaining, and it satisfied what i was looking for... i.e a good gore fest to enjoy with the missus
the first half of the film is quite gripping because you don't actually see the horror, however after seeing two of the deformed villains in a fairly farcical caravan sequence the movie then develops on nicely to a good old fashioned tasteless horror romp
Aaron Stanford, who you'll recognise from the x-men, puts in a good show as a nerdy liberal telecommunications salesman. by the end of the movie he looks in very poor shape indeed, but still manages to muster some good old fashioned American spunk to help him pulp the mutated flag waving red necks!
some of the other characters are quite annoying though, and the movie tries hard (but fails) to be as disturbing as 'wolf creek' (some scenes are completely and shamelessly stolen from that movie)
however on the whole this is great mindless fun. go in with low expectations as i did, and you might just be in for an unpleasant surprise..