I suppose the main theme is that revenge is too often blinding and unhoned to the point of taking out innocent people. And dig two graves...blah blah blah. But that is hardly a reason to make a supposedly serious movie with so many half-conceived main characters.

Are we meant to have any sympathy for Tubs and Mandrake as to care about the force driving them and the plot when they appear to be simple killing machines with no sense of vengeful focus?

Because if this body count is what happens when it's just a guy who knew about (but didn't report) the horrors they suffered - as is implied, did they wipe out the towns and every living relative of the people who actually did the evil deeds that created them? (You know the unfortunately pretentious Frankenstein reference that is entirely out of context.)

There is danger in making the motivations of killers haphazardly known as this movie does. It is clearly trying for a very Southern Gothic story. In fact, the plot is heavily in the style of Flannery O'Connor. But even she knew to never reveal the "why" because irrational antagonists with an unknown motive are far scarier.

That's why this movie doesn't work for me.

The scheme of a couple abducted by a group of psychopaths reminds me OPEN SEASON and PENTHOUSE, in a disturbing, nasty, insane atmosphere, where audiences feel dizzy nearly all long the movie. It is not always very clear and fully explained, you have to watch and listen it very closely. Not for all audiences, not for Hollywood crap films fans. Don't watch it with your parents in law around the poultry, this is not entertainment. This is actually a complex psychological study which maybe needs to be seen several times. This is not a gore, horror movie, nor a thriller, perhaps more a bloody and brutal drama. There is also a bit of Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES, but just a bit.

Pro script: For terror filled executions of innocent people by psychopaths (no conscience) it will fill the desires of those who enjoy that experience. It portrays that portion of the population in whatever country that can execute w/out remorse for others.

Con script: Making money off of making/selling the above mentioned hooks does nothing positive; just leaves a bad taste in one's mouth.