Yes - this review is a little late...
Now Horror is not usually my thing, but I duly sat through this flick as the first half of a double bill on Spring Break Thursday (second half was Taken, reviewed by Si below). Typically you don’t get a lot of folks in an R Rated movie at 10am and sure enough, it was Si and I plus one old boy and his popcorn.
I haven’t seen the 70’s original version of this movie and actually I read that it in itself was based on a folk tale set in Europe concerning the rape and murder of a young girl and the inevitable revenge theme that is the central part of the movie.
There was a healthy dose of blood and gore as you would expect from Wes Craven and plenty of murderous revenge with a range of kitchen implements. I also came to the conclusion that the Director is a bit of a pervo with the lingering shots on teenage girls in undies and nudie death shots. Overall pretty satisfying, the good guys won out and there was plenty of suspense and action. I would watch other movies in this genre - no falling asleep in this movie and a 7/10 score.
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