Small Town Folk (2007)

So much average

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

This is truly awful film, genuinely torturous viewing. A bona fide 1 out of 10 film and that's only because '0' isn't an option. I won't describe the plot again, plenty have done that already and I don't want to think about this film more than I have to.The comedy aspects aren't remotely funny, there is no tension, no suspense, no excitement, pants cgi, poor production values, I could go on.It's not even so bad it's good, it's so bad it's painful.There is nothing redeeming about this film.I will allow the film 1 out of 10 because the film-makers,on a low budget, at least had a go at it - they failed.I was the only person that managed to sit through it until the end - the other viewers left my lounge - it didn't even have enough about it for them to watch and ridicule how bad it was!I am now two hours closer to the end of my life and these film-makers are responsible for that wasted time.Possibly the worst film I have ever seen and I generally enjoy watching B-Movie junk. How anyone can give this anything other than 2/10 I can't comprehend - I can only assume that they have suffered a traumatic head injury or a lobotomy.

To tell the truth I'm kind of surprised by the constant negativity surrounding this picture. Sure it wasn't perfect, but for everything I didn't care for; there was something that I did like. For its low-budget and labour of love (it took a couple years to make) film-maker Peter Stanley-Ward crafts quite an ambitious, if fun project. Two travellers Jon and his wife Susan are looking for a place to spend the night and stop off at Beesley's Manor in Grockleton, despite the warning to keep away from the "road of light". There they meet a very strange landlord who welcomes them to stay the night. Meanwhile a group of friends trekking on the estate find out the inhabitants aren't very welcoming. "Small Town Folk" is an oddball British rural / Texas chainsaw massacre inspired horror outing. However it does have its own signature touch; the visual styling of a green screen helps give it a dream-like atmosphere and surreal qualities like out of some sort twisted fairy-tale or a comic strip come alive. Being heavily stylised seemed to work, while managing to evoke certain creepiness to it all, especially the daunting image of a huge lonely mansion high atop a hillside. Something about it kept on reminding me of "The Hill Have Eyes". The inbreds, their motives, the way it was photographed and of course the warning dialogue "Stay on the road" which was spouted out by Warwick Davis popping up in a cameo role. The folktale-like story by Natalie Conway is completely nutty and edgy, but kind of slight and routine in its set-up (survival of the hunt) where there's little purpose than to play on instincts and skulduggery. There's a big emphasis on crazy physical humour and po-faced wit. Never does it takes itself too seriously, but the humour is very much hit-and- miss in its much exaggerated manner. Sometimes I found it just plain overbearing. For me it got better the further along it went and at least it moves at a fast clip never letting the pacing get bogged down, despite some repetitive actions. Those looking for some carnage; it does supply blood and gore, but that of an immensely cheap and tatty kind. You can only do with what your budget allows. Springing from the soundtrack is a rockabilly vibe. The acting is straight-forward or really eccentric, but it does give the character's personality… mainly so the distorted inbred villains of the piece. They were very distinguishable from each other in mannerisms to appearances. Chris R Wright is deliciously baleful as he stands out as the landlord/leader of the rustic group. Watch how he gives a creepy audition of "Run, rabbit, run". Dan Palmer goes juvenile and Jon Nicholas' plays it gruff with his cross-eyed yokel. Greg Martin is agreeable in the lead, as well as Hannah Flint as the unlucky travellers. Simon Stanley-Ward's droll performance fits perfectly as the helmet wearing, cracker eating teenager who finds himself trapped on the estate. "No one leaves Grockleton".

I'm glad some reviewers saw the merit of this spoof of slasher movies. I suppose those who put down this obscure gem are the same sorts who think THE ARTIST the cat's whiskers and meow.The whole style, plot, and characters are very original and memorable. I know my movies and know that the fairest way to judge a movie is on a genre basis, and in this movie's genre, it's top drawer.That it was made on a shoestring and over a four year period is a credit to all involved. I bet they had fun making it.I won't repeat the plot, as others have already done this. Hire or buy the movie to find out its merits for yourself

I love all kind of B movies, everything from a B-Zombie film to a B-Horror film. But this one.... It was so bad, i just want my money back. The acting was bad, and not like OK bad, it was like watching some elementary kids giving out the lines. The the "plot" was very predictable and well.. just bad. I wont spoil anything but the whole movie is filmed in a studio, behind a big, fat blue screen. The opening sceen is showing some young adults driving around in the nowhere. But guess what, it's filmed in blue screen. They just had to use the Bluescreen to every scene in the whole movie.After seeing this i just wanna punch myself in the face for renting it, but i had some good laugh (due the bad acting) and because of that i rate it 2/10. And i apologize for bad spelling.