Apart from a quite good location, this movie could just as well had been a students school-project. I'm unsure whether it was a good call to make the Swedish actors speak English. It could just be a pathetic attempt to reach a broader audience, but somehow it also helps to set the story in a strange, unknown place, which complements this sort of movie. Anyway, it often seems strained for them not to speak their native language, but it's forgivable.
The movie has some atmosphere; strange, secluded hotel. Abandoned, water-filled quarry nearby. Desolate.
The lone manager of the hotel sure brings up some Norman Bates-associations, but his gas mask breathing, super-strong alter-ego seems more like a bayonet-wielding action-Vader. Even though the story clumsily tries to portray his past, it is not very clear why he's become a psycho serial-killer.
There are several loose ends in the plot, but as a whole the movie has it's moments. The acting is mediocre at best, but the violence is not that bad.
I don't regret watching it, and will probably remember it. (To be honest, mostly for the nice-looking Swedish girls giving their best as amateur-actresses) I always like to see honest attempts at making horror with low budgets.
The movie has some atmosphere; strange, secluded hotel. Abandoned, water-filled quarry nearby. Desolate.
The lone manager of the hotel sure brings up some Norman Bates-associations, but his gas mask breathing, super-strong alter-ego seems more like a bayonet-wielding action-Vader. Even though the story clumsily tries to portray his past, it is not very clear why he's become a psycho serial-killer.
There are several loose ends in the plot, but as a whole the movie has it's moments. The acting is mediocre at best, but the violence is not that bad.
I don't regret watching it, and will probably remember it. (To be honest, mostly for the nice-looking Swedish girls giving their best as amateur-actresses) I always like to see honest attempts at making horror with low budgets.