Sally, her brother, and three of their friends are on their way to visit Sally’s grandfather’s grave when they pick up a deranged hitch-hiker. This is the start of the bizarre mass murder that that will destroy their lives. They are attacked by the hitch-hiker, but that is nothing compared to what is to come [...]
Once, directors like Tobe Hooper understood something: Gore does not equal fear. No, fear equals fear. The bottom line that directors like Hooper understood came down to a simple matter: to scare the hell out of the viewer, let them scare the hell out of themselves. This, it seems, is a lost understanding. Which has [...]