Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.
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Kevin Greutert, the editor behind Saw (2004) and later directed two entries of that particular franchise is back with a new horror. Immediately you think this would or could be the next Saw but it isn't.It stands on it's own, no open ending at all. The story is simple, save your child from a cult only to be terrorised from that cult to get the son back. Is it that bad as some might say. Well, it takes a while before things go wrong, to be exactly 38 minutes before the terror comes in and that's almost half the flick (10 minutes credits). Once the cult is back the attacks shown aren't that bad done anyway. There are even a few gory shots here and there but for me there wasn't anything scary at all or the cult even didn't frighten me. They do wear masks but they are just standing there and some do attack and kill or being killed and that's it. I found Don't Breathe (2017) more scary and a pure horror for example. here it's also about home invasion but somehow it didn't work out to make it creepy at all. Still, for those who like torture and brutality it's worth picking up to see the nastiness of the torture or killings. Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5
Ooooh scary... Unfortunately, this is the sort of juvenile tripe you get from certain indie film producers. Yes, you can say that it's just another fictional cult horror flick. But unlike most of it's genre, there is no justification in the end. It sends the message that evil can and will triumph. Which is disturbing and exactly what the producer wants to convey to bring in revenue from like-minded people. The fact that Kevin Greutert and his associates actually spent money to produce this horrid film, displays the kind of moral decay that is prevalent amongst some in todays society. And that is even more disturbing than the film itself.
Its not that bad.. I didn't like the characters and the stupid choices, but that happens in 90% of the horror movies. What you gonna do when they re about to kill your family? and you know you have already lost.The cult didn't want to just break in and kill everybody, they played with them, thats what sick crazy killers do, i would do the same if i was in there. They send them in one by one maybe to test the new membersOK its not an original plot, its average, but i enjoyed seeing it. it deserves a 5or6.
Clichés? Sure. Logic? Little. Still, for a horror, the production value is up there and so is the talent. No one gave an embarrassing performance and it has a nice touch of 'disturbing'. Deborah Kara Unger is beautiful and talented and made quite the impact in both The Game and Crash. I hope she can see beyond what Hollywood may think it needs from her and stop with the procedures. They hide much of her talent here in a way I was unable to ignore.