So there come times when I ask myself why I watch these wretched movies that I watch, knowing I must hate them because they stink and really, who wants to read about D- after D- after F…and do *I* really want to WRITE about them so badly?
But then there’s the occasional ‘Lo’ or ‘The Devil’s Rock’ or ‘Wake Wood’…a little gem of a movie that I otherwise would have missed.
This, believe it or not, falls into that saving-grace category.
It’s about a family that practices cannibalism on a semi-regular basis. And, since it’s made well, it’s therefore quite disturbing…and interesting.
Low-key and yet creepy at the beginning and slowly but steadily building up in both what the family does/is revealed as having done and in the suspicions of others.
The mood is appropriate, and the acting by a no-name cast is quite good.
There are a few hokey “action” parts near the end, but they don’t last long and eventually the action isn’t so hokey.
It’s bloody disgusting, but it’s not hokey.
EXTREMELY gory/disturbing near the end.
Pretty powerful, actually.
Just one question: shaking hands…so ‘Book of Eli’ was right??
Grade: B