This is a low budget movie and proves not all low-budget thrillers are bad. I'm still holding my breath from this one. This opens in a dark night and starts off very fast with three hillbillies breaking into a house. Quickly they terrorizing and torture the poor defenseless suburban family. The oldest daughter now realizes this and hides herself and her little sister devising a plan to get back at the murderers and defend her house once and for all.

This movie is excellent, and I'll tell you why. The atmosphere. The atmosphere is so dark, right away we're aware that danger is lurking and it's hitting hard onto this poor family. The darkness and light are all in the right places providing a haunting and chilling atmosphere. For a low-budget movie The directing is great, the camera angles provide great tension and fools us a lot. Which is a good point. The acting is pretty good for people that are not major Hollywood actors. The main heroine played by Stephanie Jones is great as she shows a range of emotions. Throughout the entire movie, she is strategizing and building up enough courage to attack while witnessing the carnage that ensues around her.

The villains are great, right away we learn that we have to hate these people. This movie reminded me of "The Desperate Hours" only a lot more violent. Another aspect that made this movie on my favorites list is the suspense. The suspense is excellent, it's so gripping and tense. There were times where I was on the edge of my seat squirming. I could feel this girl's desperation. This succeeds where most Hollywood films fail. It grips the audience by the throat and makes itself  heard. This is highly, highly, recommended and trust me, if you ever go to a rental store and find this on the rack, for the love of god rent it! rent it! rent it!

At times there's too much violence. After a while it over did it with violence and became just plain disturbing. At certain points of the film, we see some disturbing rape scenes which we witness up-close. The camera never cuts away and mercilessly gives us the image. I found myself at times covering my eyes. We never get to know the family that is terrorized which I found annoying because it was tough feeling sorry when one of them was killed or tortured. We never get a good reason why all this happens to them, nor do we get a true motive except the reason that the hillbillies tend to enjoy the violence. It's a little hard to believe that in such a small neighborhood that no one could hear the screams of help.

This is a taut suspenseful trip that holds you and never lets go and is highly suggested. Though the it tends to be very disturbing during many scenes, it's very well acted and exciting.

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