BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Michael Ledo Bob (Vincent D'Onofrio aka "Gomer Pyle" from "Full Metal Jacket) is a cab driver who has bad dreams about his past. To compensate his hobbies include kidnapping, rape, and killing young women. One of the women he has killed has a son who he maintains as a slave, hence the title. Needless to say, Tim (Eamon Farren) grows up rather abnormally.Unlike other rape/slasher films this one isn't after cheap thrills and effects. Instead it concentrates on the unusual relationship between Bob and Tim, that of captor and captive who develops a slight case of Stockholm Syndrome.The film trudges along and then at the end Jennifer Lynch reveals her genius with a surprise ending that well, frankly should not have been a surprise. It is a film that leaves you feeling weird. The film continues with sound through the final credits.Parental guide: F-bombs, no intense sex/rape scenes, or nudity. Male torso nudity. Blood and gore is less graphic than most films of this genre.

cmovies-99674 PROS: I don't even know where to begin. To start, the development of terror is just so outstanding words can't describe it. You get sucked in a little bit with everything that happens. Every scene further adds to the anxiety that the movie is predisposed to give you anyway. Then to top it all off, you get an amazing climax. A truly, horrifying finish to add on to an already gruesome film. The thing that I felt helped the movie the most would be the acting. The directing was good, the script was good, but most importantly the acting was good. Each actor really became the character. This gave that extra bit of darkness that really was the embodiment the film. Another thing that was breathtaking was the ending. For some reason I assumed that the resolution would be stereotypical and cliché, but it was anything but that. The reason this film is a true psychological horror and not a slasher horror is because of the ending. The shock and true unnerving quality the ending possessed is what made this film a 5/5 for me.CONS:www.chorror.com

Sherie I found this film darkly interesting and disturbing in equal measures. You grow bored of films that use copious amounts of blood, violence and nudity to pad out weak plot lines and characters, to satisfy a certain type of person (I note a few people have commented on the lack of these things in previous reviews). There are tons of films that show the more depraved side of human nature in great and stomach turning detail, this is a different type of film that is more for the mind than the visual stimulation. It was well acted, and convincing by the two leads. I thought it was a better than average film. I liked the twist at the end, especially I think because it shows there are different ways to be a monster/evil. I liked the interaction between the two leads, and was interested to watch what would happen to Rabbit and how he would turn out - would he be corrupted, or would he prevail... Some say it was slow but I liked the pace of the film and don't feel every film needs to be at breakneck speed to keep your attention. I also like films that leave things for you to work out or come to your own conclusion about and not have tidy endings, and this one certainly does that.I think it is a good film for those people who aren't offended by the subject matter but don't need boobs and blood to make their horror real, and are more chilled by implied suggestion and like a more psychological based thriller.Random Irritations:1. The link to child abuse and bad people. Some people are just bad without abuse. Some people are abused and do not turn out bad. I think the flashbacks were unnecessary and almost a way of trying 'excuse' Bob's behaviour - he can't help it he was abused himself rationale. I just think this is a weak and lazy plot device.2. It's quite clear that this is not going to be a heartwarming Disney film from the title and the strap lines, and yet people who are easily offended still continue to watch it and then write reviews expressing shock and horror about the subject matter. a) bad things happen in real life, mankind has a great capacity for cruelty and violence - it being portrayed in a film does not change that fact. b) DON'T WATCH THESE TYPE OF FILMS....3. People who seem to think character's behaviours are irrational or unrealistic based on the fact that they would not behave in that way... yes I'm speaking to you people who query about Rabbit not trying to escape and the girl trying to offer herself to him. It's easy to think this is what you would do in the luxury of your armchair and not in a fearful and perilous situation, but until you've experienced abject fear and been in a life threatening situation, I think no-one can really say what they would do or not do, as we all cope in different ways to survive extreme situations, and often its' very different to the way we think we would handle things...

Lele As an horror movie, I did not find it that scary or that gory. To me it is a heavily dark humorous view of father-son relationship. Many of Bob's line are similar to what fathers usually say to their sons, including "you have disappointed me" or "it's important to have notions or people will walk over you". Even the surrealistic process to try and teach Rabbit his own "profession", the graduation gift and so on. It is not a comedy, but it made me laugh.Besides this Bob's character cannot have been a serial killer for more than ten years. Actual SKs 'want' to be caught. Actual SK don't kill on demand.One of the best line is: "Did your father teach you things? Or was he just f****d up?"