Five college friends rent out a cabin in the woods for a week. The plan is
simple - drinking drugs & sex.  Sound familiar?  Anyway, the group
encounters a seriously diseased man who is just looking for help, but his
disgusting appearance causes the kids to push him away.  When he attempts to
take their truck, the kids beat him and set him afire.  In the process, the
truck (their only way out) is trashed.  And now, they're terrified that the
man's disease might have been passed to them.  And soon enough, it is.

I enjoyed this movie a lot.  It's nothing really new, but it seemed fresh.
The "horror" comes from the disease itself - some sort of flesh eating
virus, which allows the special effects guys to come up with some gross
rotting skin effects.  The big thing that stands out for me in this film is
that they're able to include good (and bizarre) humor without compromising
the suspense.  There are some freaky redneck characters in this movie,
including the mulleted kid Dennis, who you shouldn't sit next to.  And
Winston, the young cop always looking for a party.  And "Grim" the skater
dude with a pocket full of pot.  There are some laugh out loud funny scenes,
but there are also some truly scary and suspenseful sequences.  This movie
held my interest the whole way through.  It's not a ground breaking movie,
or one that has an underlying purpose or statement (at least that I could
notice), but it was a fun, scary, interesting movie.
 
 
 

Quality: 5.0  Visuals: 6.5  Intensity: 7.0  Gore: 7.0
OVERALL RATING: 6.4