This is a comedy, not a horror, not even a horror comedy. It's a darn good comedy at that, even if some select people may think it's a bit twisted but no one will see this as any sort of exploitation thing in any way nor anything horror about this one.
First I must point out that my favorite line in this movie was when it was said, I sure hope there will be enough people left to eat the people. That one line had me rolling. Maybe you will need to see it said in context of why it was said and how it was said to find the humor in it.
Anyway, I had waited to be able to see this movie for literally years and didn't really know what to expect after all this time. While excited for finally getting a chance to watch, was worried too that at best I made it out to be something far more enjoyable than it would turn out to be. Well, turns out that it did not disappoint other than for my personal tastes it would have been nice to see more blood & gore and to have seen more of the violent parts in the killing & butchering scenes as it's rather tame on the violence & blood and IMO, no real gore as I think of gore though in a few brief spots, some people that don't like such at all may claim different.
The many ingredients which make up this film (including those few I just mentioned I wished showed more) were mixed in nicely, at amounts only needed to make the film be a nice one piece whole of something special and not another clone of what you have seen dozens of times from other movies. There was nothing just shoved in like many film makers do in a movie like this would be tempted to do nor anything done in excess. This kept the movie being it's own thing that felt unique in a sea of clones that are often overall boring or you feel you have seen such like them too many times now. It also never felt like it was trying to be one thing, with at times, parts of it being something else as many other movies turn out being (big and small movies).
The movie has plenty of violent scenes but it's in a way that doesn't come off as feeling as such and it's delivered/shown in a tongue & cheek way (for lack of better way to describe it), nothing dark or scary about it. It doesn't try to scare you or make you squeamish, actually seems to make sure to avoid being scary and is obvious it's not trying to be a squeamish film to watch. It tries to make such things just fun & even humorous at times to behold. Do know though that there is a decent amount of violence that takes place even though it is in a fun filled way. If you are used to brutal & violent films, this will seem like just a great fun time that's full of humor only and if you are not used to such, you will still think of it as merely comedy though maybe a twisted one. Much of what happens here would sound as if it was a sick, brutal scary film if I told spoilers of many things instead of just letting you see it yourself to realize that is far from reality.
In case you couldn't tell, this is not a big budget film, not even close and I see they used this to it's advantage in many aspects and it never tries to take it'self serious nor try to do what would be come across as awkward, cheap in a bad way or just flat out fail on such a budget. It knows it's a campy film that meant for silly fun on a budget and plays into that to for a strength, making it even more unlike so many other movies and just flat out fun from start to finish.
The look of the movie right away will have you thinking it's showing footage from long ago on old film that's a flashback (not that faux grindhouse look either). It keeps this look to the end and the film they made followed this look, made sure things on screen shown & heard matched that old look, which does a lot to make this film much more attention grabbing & holding it and overall being a big part of this movie's charm. Oh and I can't forget the soundtrack, it's great and fits perfectly in every place it plays. Some of the music I would even enjoy just playing on my stereo.
Run time may seem a little long but I was so drawn in that it felt like the time had flew by when it was over and these days, that's less often how it goes when I put in a movie. I also didn't want it to end yet but it did end properly and put in two little things at the end to show that they want to make a sequel, if they haven't already started on it.
So with all that above said, do realize this isn't a great movie by any stretch nor anything ground breaking but they sure made it a heck of a lot of fun, a really good time here in my opinion and it seems that was the aim, to focus more on making sure you had a lot of fun. That seemed to be more the goal than doing anything else with it. In this way and a few other ways, I could see the people that made this film know well what they wanted to make and how to achieve what they wanted to do well. Love it or hate it, most will be hard pressed to say they've seen many just like it or maybe, any just like it and that alone makes it worth checking out in my opinion.
