Inbred

Between the years 2002 and 2004, i travelled alot to Scotland, and found a country filled with fantastic personalities in smaller towns and villages. You were invited into many peoples homes, even if you did not know them, they would offer you a warm meal of food, and some whiskey, because you are a guest. Would that ever happen in Sweden ? I dont think so. When it comes to England, where i have only been on 2 trips, you realise they are also very friendly ( most of them ). Small British towns have been filmed in many motion pictures, in many different genres, but with Inbred i think we might have something unusual. Cannibals located in the British countryside, i think that sounds very lovely indeed. Is Inbred a new splatter feast for us gore fans of old school classics, or just another title that will be forgotten on the dvd shelves ?

Care workers Kate ( Jo Hartley ) and Jeff ( James Doherty ) travel to the countryside to get teenage offenders renovating an old house in Yorkshire, Mortlake. There is alot to be done, so the crew need to help each other out. While visiting the local pub in Mortlake, they meet the local folks. Many of them seem very strange, and not happy about new visitors. While the crew continue working, Jeff is seriously wounded after a conflict with some locals. Since there is no hospital nowhere near the village, the local pub owner promise to help Jeff out. He chops his head off infront of the crew, they now realise these locals are not ordinary tea drinkers, but have a taste of fresh blood.

I would not call this a horror movie, more of a comedy. The scenes where you here a banjo play and local folks dance is of course a nostalgic tribute to Deliverance with Burt Reynolds, without being ripped off the classic. And then we have the funny show scenes, where a old man in a g string plays piano, as the teenagers are butchered in front of a happy audience, you simply can not take this seriously, instead you just laugh about it. Some special effects are cheesy, and you can tell the budget is very low, but i still had a good time watching Inbred. Director Alexis Chandon, who directed some of Cradle Of Filth´s Music videos, have an eye for this genre. He mix splatter with comedy in a pleasent way, so you are guaranteed to have a good time. There are better genre movies out there than Inbred, but i still feel this is something you should check out if you love this type of mixture.

Rating: DDD