Director: Valeri Milev
Year: 2014
Country: Germany/USA/Bulgaria
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Learning he has inherited a family-owned hotel in Virginia, a man and his friends arrive there to find he is related to a clan of inbred cannibalistic killers who are trying to ingrain him into their society and continue their legacy forcing him to choose between them or his friends.
Review:
Overall this one turned out to be an interesting if slightly flawed franchise effort. As usual in the franchise, among the better qualities is the high-impact action and chasing on display, which manages to get some rather enjoyable marks here with this one working some impressive action scenes. The chase through the woods while out hunting offers some pretty dark moments due to the intoxicated state throughout which makes for a great scene, the big brawl through the hotel kitchen makes for some great times here with the cramped location providing some frantic action scenes and tons of extremely fun kills and there's the final chase through the underground spa that gets in some rather decent and enjoyable action throughout here as there's all these scenes built into the finale for a fast, exciting finish.
That also leaves this one with plenty of graphic and demented kills which is all sorts of fun in here with this one offering up a large assortment of varied kills that range from the graphic to the downright cheesy, but are still delivered with a brutal edge that makes this one quite bloody. Also, the opulent location of the hotel and its grandiose size lend itself as a great setting for these kinds of slashers with plenty of lavish settings within for great stalking and chasing but also features well in the second half of as the setting for plenty of great action while having the traditional woodland setting here be quite an appropriate backyard. Combined with the creepy make-up for the cannibals and a demented streak to the festivities, these are enough to hold this off from the few small flaws here.
The biggest issue is ironically one of the better parts here in the backstory for their visit and his family legacy in the area. There's nothing about this one that makes any sense, as their contact information wouldn't make any sense if they kept tabs on him to begin with, the manner of bringing him out to the hotel doesn't make any sense and there's no sure-fire way to guarantee he'd join in with them which is what the whole plan rests on. Likewise, this manages to crowd out the film unnecessarily by covering so much of the first half in the backstory that there's very little action on display here. That tends to make this first half crawl by very slowly with barely any action carrying this along. Sure, there's plenty of nudity to keep it interesting but beyond that, there isn't much to this one and it becomes quite noticeable. These are what hold the film back somewhat.
Overview: ***.5/5
Highly enjoyable if slightly flawed effort in the franchise, this one comes off quite well for what it is in this kind of feature while still being let down by some big flaws found within. Viewers who have gotten this far into the series, enjoy this kind of slasher effort, or are fans of the creative crew will have a lot to like here while most others out there might want to heed caution.
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