American Gothic looks like another crummy excuse for multiple murders, but is actually fairly well crafted. Having just come from seeing "House of 1000 Corpses" I'm revisiting other "spooky family" movies to compare. Surprisingly, this one stands up pretty well.
Six 20/30-somethings land on an island for a vacation (which is particularly needed by one woman who is just recovering from a nervous breakdown over the death of her baby) and find it's the home of a spooky, quasi-religious family who live as if the last 50 years haven't ever happened. No TV. No modern conveniences. No new-fangled modern attitudes...
SPOILERS
Well, the family are more twisted then they first seemed, and the newcomers begin to be killed off. However, the nervous breakdown girl actually seems to be in sync with them - she gets a matching dress to the other "little girl" (a woman of about 50) and they play together - until the new girl goes off and starts taking out the killers - a nice touch (and surprisingly well-thought-out, psychologically).
Overall, a nice quiet little horror movie, well worth watching at least once.
Six 20/30-somethings land on an island for a vacation (which is particularly needed by one woman who is just recovering from a nervous breakdown over the death of her baby) and find it's the home of a spooky, quasi-religious family who live as if the last 50 years haven't ever happened. No TV. No modern conveniences. No new-fangled modern attitudes...
SPOILERS
Well, the family are more twisted then they first seemed, and the newcomers begin to be killed off. However, the nervous breakdown girl actually seems to be in sync with them - she gets a matching dress to the other "little girl" (a woman of about 50) and they play together - until the new girl goes off and starts taking out the killers - a nice touch (and surprisingly well-thought-out, psychologically).
Overall, a nice quiet little horror movie, well worth watching at least once.