Five girls, strangers to each other, are traveling to the city on a bus. (True, they are stereotypes, but what do you expect in a horror film?) They stop over in a small town and end up needing to spend the night while waiting for transportation. They find rooms in an out of the way house owned by two strange brothers. Little do they know, something is hunting them one by one. The girls band together to try and survive, and in doing so, discover why they are all traveling to the city. It seems like the locals have a thing or two they want to say about it, and it becomes a race to see who will survive the night.
The movie is shot in black and white and on some sort of video. It takes a little getting used to, but it’s all right. The acting is all a little over the top, but you don’t expect a whole lot from semi-professional actors. The locals have a whole set of creepy to them that adds to the atmosphere. (If you have ever been on a driving trip and driven through one of those really small towns, halfway abandoned with crusty locals sitting on porches, you know what I mean. Every time that happens, I think, yeah, I have seen this movie, and it’s not good for me.) The story is good, and there’s even some social commentary thrown in there for good measure. It’s not what I expected at all, so I was nicely surprised.
Overall, I would say this was a great indie-horror effort. If you aren’t scared off by a low (really low) budget horror film with subtitles, check it out. It’s worth a rental. If you like the idea, you could make it a double billing and rent Turistas as well, another surprisingly decent horror flick with a bit more of a budget.
Rating: 4 Purrs, for a good low budget scare with a sympathetic main character and a town I would not want to get lost in.
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