Grisly urban legend hunters become the prey of a bizarre, sadistic family in a brisk, pulpy nightmare.
Campy, with dark satire. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, AMC+, Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
For an R, this one goes further: extreme gore. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
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Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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