I went to see this as judging by the trailer it looked like your average 'teens get in over their heads with local nut jobs' type of thing. However this is clearly not the case with this film.
Three teenage friends answer an internet ad from a woman who wants to indulge in a spot of group sex with teenagers. They travel to her trailer, hitting a parked car on the way. The car is owned by the sheriff, who is also indulging in a spot of sexual debauchery....with another man. On arrival at the trailer the woman encourages the boys to drink beer to relax them before they get down to business. The beer however is drugged and they boys soon wake up in a nightmare as the local religious fanatics have decided to punish them.
I initially thought that the film would then carry on as a simple slasher film with the teens trying to escape from the loony God squad. But it didn't. It turns out that the religious 'family' (cult) is based on Westboro Baptist Church, the vile cult that pickets the funerals of soldiers and blames the woes of the world on homosexuality! They are also heavily armed and more than willing to fight. As the local police become aware of the hostage situation (with the sheriff keen to hide his own homosexuality) the mistakes that are made in the attempt to capture the fanatics must be covered up.
The film quickly turns into a Waco style siege, with a major stand off between the cult and the police. Saying anything more would spoil the film. There are a couple of shocks that I definitely didn't see coming and all in all I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
There are parts that could have been done better and the ending is a bit of an anticlimax but it's still well worth watching!
Three teenage friends answer an internet ad from a woman who wants to indulge in a spot of group sex with teenagers. They travel to her trailer, hitting a parked car on the way. The car is owned by the sheriff, who is also indulging in a spot of sexual debauchery....with another man. On arrival at the trailer the woman encourages the boys to drink beer to relax them before they get down to business. The beer however is drugged and they boys soon wake up in a nightmare as the local religious fanatics have decided to punish them.
I initially thought that the film would then carry on as a simple slasher film with the teens trying to escape from the loony God squad. But it didn't. It turns out that the religious 'family' (cult) is based on Westboro Baptist Church, the vile cult that pickets the funerals of soldiers and blames the woes of the world on homosexuality! They are also heavily armed and more than willing to fight. As the local police become aware of the hostage situation (with the sheriff keen to hide his own homosexuality) the mistakes that are made in the attempt to capture the fanatics must be covered up.
The film quickly turns into a Waco style siege, with a major stand off between the cult and the police. Saying anything more would spoil the film. There are a couple of shocks that I definitely didn't see coming and all in all I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
There are parts that could have been done better and the ending is a bit of an anticlimax but it's still well worth watching!