A bunch of backwoods lunatics worship a big hole in the ground.
Interesting intro…I like the riff, even if it’s borrowed. And I like the tone in the beginning – it seems “real” enough, it’s buyable.
But it slowly moves from the initial creepy vibe to a mostly obvious-and-silly vibe. It becomes a chore to watch before all that long, and not even an angry pit can stave off the tedium. Sure it’s gross…but it’s dull, tedious, pointless gross.
The pit (or something in it) really has powers, too, made vaguely clear by close camera zooms and fake blood and guts.
The effects are mediocre, and the limited interaction with them is below mediocre…it’s cheezy.
Two closing points, which are both more interesting than the movie and the rest of this review:
1) One of the main hick lunatics sorta looks like a really grungy, hairy Will Ferrell.
2) Executive Producer Lucky McKee, apparently not content to simply make his own bad-to-mediocre horror flicks, here nurtures another mediocre horror filmmaker.
Grade: D-