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Totally unpretentious exploitation. Didn't try to be anything other then what it was.
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The trouble with this and several other recent movies is the influence of films like
TCM and
The Hills Have Eyes is so glaringly obvious it sells more like a product than a piece of art.
Dusty desert-scape scenery? Check.
Deranged, murderous "family"? Check.
Lots of screaming, doomed teens in peril? Check check.
Throw in some familiar horror/cult actors, a dark/gothic heavy metaller-type director and experimental ("unsettling"?) camerawork and you're good to go - the latest Return To Hardcore Horror.
It all seems rather strained to me - doubtless the kids will love it, but I would prefer less "knowing" plagiarism in future and some more original ideas not requiring so much...
madcap craziness? (The supposedly creepy imagery in
House of 1000 Corpses really made no impact whatsoever).
Jorg Buttgereit and Eric Stanze's work is far less derivative with the power to shock and disturb without resorting to this kind of thing.