7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent enough torture flick, Mar 5 2008
By N. Durham "Big Evil" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Carver - Unrated: The Grisly Edition (DVD)
The torture sub-genre of horror is all the rage, thanks to all the Saw's and Hostel's and the like that seem to pop up every month or two. What makes these films good as opposed to jsut exercises in brutality is whether or not they provide the scares that they should. Carver is one of these, and the fact that it pays some good homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre in the process makes it worth checking out. The familiar storyline involves a group of young people on a road trip that make a wrong turn, and soon enough are hunted, tortured, and murdered by a sadistic, backwoods family. Yeah, Carver isn't original in the least, but it provides enough scares, shocks, and some blood curdling gore (including a scene involving a pair of pliers that will make you squirm) to satisfy fans of low budget horror. Carver isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but if torture horror is your thing, you could do a lot worse than what you get here.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
This was gory!!!, Mar 5 2008
By S. Morgan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Carver - Unrated: The Grisly Edition (DVD)
If you are a fan of horror movies, esp movies like Hostel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saw...you would enjoy this. There are several scenes that made me drop my jaw and turn away. And for the men, the outhouse scene is one of the worst things I ever saw! I cringed and I am not even a man. Very interesting flick. Not for the squeamish.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Turkey in the straw...., May 5 2008
By Rodney D. Woods "Rodney" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Carver - Unrated: The Grisly Edition (DVD)
Well, this one was a surpise. Except for the stupid song that keeps haunting me, I was really impressed with this movie. Some of the scenes will stay with you for days after seeing it. The plot was a little diferent than your typical "stranded teens" in a remote location and the Carver family puts on a good first outing. After finding out that this was filmed in Virginia I have been trying to find out where it was shot. I live in Richmond. So, if you like extreme gore with some of the torture aspects that's so popular these days then I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY THIS. As for a rent or buy it deal.... that's up to you. I purchased it from Amazon and have been very happy I did.