Stranded motorists in West Virginia become prey for disfigured cannibals in a brisk, chilling, and pulpy hunt.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video and Plex (free).
The thing to know: extreme gore, more than an R usually carries. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
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Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
No. Brace yourself.
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