Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
A blood-simple backwoods spatterfest that makes shameless use of the same old antirural moonshine Hollywood's been bootlegging for decades.
– Scott Brown,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jun 2003
rotten:
This self-styled throwback to the down-and-dirty horror films of the 1970s and '80s never delivers what it definitely promises.
– Mark Olsen,
L.A. Weekly,
5 Jun 2003
fresh:
It's gruesome and nasty and a heck of a lot of fun for people who get a kick out of Fangoria.
– Randy Cordova,
Arizona Republic,
5 Jun 2003
fresh:
While this movie doesn't have the warped sensibilities of 1977's similarly plotted The Hills Have Eyes, it has decent performances and genuine suspense.