Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on June 2011

As near as I can figure, this is Iceland showing that it can make splatter flicks as crappy as Hollywood’s. Or maybe it’s an attempt to sabotage tourism. A boat carrying a group of stereotypical tourists is disabled at sea. Rescuers appear in the form of an inbred family of fishbilly whalers. “Rescuers” apparently the wrong word. Tourists turn out to be the catch of the day, and are sliced, diced, beheaded, harpooned, and forced to listen to Bjork. Made that last one up. I bailed after 40 minutes. Life is too short. Note: Texas CSM’s Leatherface, Icelander Gunnar Hansen, has a cameo. Lengthy parts in Icelandic.