Director: Mario Cerrito
Year: 2026
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Desperate to appease his followers, a rabid cult leader instructs his disciples to prepare a special feast of various random disbelievers in their mission so that they can consume their bodies in a cannibalistic expression, unaware they’ve been targeted by a black market organization for their actions.
Review:
This was a decent enough, if really flawed, sequel. The main idea here, working to explore the cult of religious devotees hoping to prepare a special feast of disbelievers and non-followers of their practice, gives this a great way to start introducing the cannibalism aspects of everything introduced so far. It allows for the traditional means of getting the victims chosen and prepared in the special brews and cutlery styles that have been a hallmark of the series, while also managing to highlight the actions of the cult and their fanatical leader, who instills rabid, fearless devotion without any deviation. The talks about their holy mission to everything going on in the compound and how they are preparing the meat for this special occasion will be the last sign needed from them to complete their mission on Earth and be allowed to transition after the fact. That gives everything the kind of graphic and gruesome tone that the rest of the films accomplished rather well.
Beyond that, there’s not much to this one. The main thing with the film is that it’s just so unnecessarily found-footage that it feels more like a contrivance than anything else, where it’s mostly impossible to tell who’s holding the camera or what they’re supposed to be doing, documenting everything in this way, so it just becomes rather difficult to get immersed in the story as easily as the other entries have. This makes the film a bit awkward, trying to justify the use of the technique when the rest of the franchise had employed it a bit more smoothly, and that carries over into the setup of the cult, where this one feels incredibly flimsy for justifying why the cult is inundated with the members of the cannibalism snuff film market from the previous films. This is pretty clumsy with how it gets everything together and tied to the rest of the franchise, and combined with the usual assortment of obviously cheesy practical effects in the kills, there are some big issues here that hold this one down.
Overview: **.5/5
A fun enough conclusion to the franchise, this one manages to get quite a lot to like that holds it up quite nicely despite a few big issues that keep it down overall. Those with an appreciation for this kind of genre fare or who are fans of the previous entries in the series will have a lot to like here, while most others out there should heed caution.
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