During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree road trip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon, who has a very disturbed vision.
The problem is that this slick piece of schlock is dull, risible and, ultimately, boring.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep 2010
rotten:
This horror show from Dutch director Tom Six will be heaven for devotees of four-star torture porn and zero-star hell for everyone else.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2010
rotten:
A film that, in bare description, sounds like the greatest outrage ever put to screen, but ends up being fairly tedious when watched.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
13 May 2010
rotten:
There are terrible movies and there are loathsome movies. And then there's that rare breed so idiotic, exploitative and sickening one wishes they could be scrubbed from memory.
– Michael Ordona,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2010
rotten:
It would be nice to report that Six ... has an eye for horrific imagery and a head full of fresh ideas - or, barring all that, that he's simply a hard-working hack. But this is lazy moviemaking based on the thinnest of concepts.