Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is a movie with flashbacks. Chad (William Lee Scott) and Scarlett (Jamie Anne Allman) have an auto accident. They stop at a farmhouse to use the phone which does not work. The farm is owned by Samael (Steven Weber) and Lil (Kelly Hu) short for Lilith, a dead set give away in every horror film ever made. Yawn. While at the farm, the couple has flashbacks, starting with the pregnant Scarlett being threatened by Chad's bookie.As both scenes move forward, this turns into an abduction film with that cute and clever ending we have seen before. Had I never seen it before, the film would have maybe gotten an extra star. It makes for decent viewing, but only as a rental or maybe as part of a multi-pack.Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex, near nudity with proper arm placement.

"Farmhouse" is almost unthinkable--although it initially comes across (and perhaps was marketed) as "torture-porn", it transcends that label and turns into something like a modern, original "Twilight Zone" episode. It relies on a great story, which tells us just enough to keep us guessing up until the (genuinely) shocking ending; it is full of marvelous details (as several have pointed out, this movie does for cheese graters what "Jaws" did for the ocean); most importantly, it has a clear, moral vision of the world which guides all of the characters' actions. The two protagonists of "Farmhouse", a couple mourning the recent loss of their child, make a genuine claim on our sympathies and are wonderfully acted throughout. Best of all, both of them are allowed to be somewhat resourceful--they aren't the usual stick figures who go off in the woods by themselves, or walk down into the basement unarmed to investigate a strange noise. Steven Weber and Kelly Hu are also terrific and fearless as the smiling, vaguely Biblically named farm couple (Samuel and Lilith) who take them in when they get into a car accident. The torture scenes are tense and inventive, but we aren't coerced into enjoying the pain of the victims (although we do enjoy the evil relish displayed by Hu and Weber). And the ending is the opposite of M. Night Shymalan's twists-for-twists sake; it changes the meaning of everything we've seen and casts a chill similar to classics like "The Maltese Falcon". My only (tiny) reservation is with the video game/medieval costuming at the end; this movie doesn't need such gimmicks. If the last shot doesn't haunt you, you're too jaded for decent company.

First things first and I have to say "WOW!" what a GREAT flick! At first glance this movie looks like your typical horror/torture movie but slowly it reveals itself to be much more than that.Throughout the movie you think you know what's going on as it gradually grabs you and tells the characters story through flashbacks. It all seems simple and predictable enough until you realized you were all wrong and the ending just blows you away.Love this movie!ZombieSteak.com - Discover a new world of horror films, designed just for you.

I rented this thinking it was going to be just another slasher film but was really surprised to find out it was much more than a simple horror film. Kelly Hu was awesome in this, the acting was above average for most of it, while by the middle of the film I was on the edge of my seat and the end I was surprised by the twist. I can see that viewers of this film who were expecting a suspense filled drama wouldn't like it if they were not fans of this genre and it is a true horror flick. The story begins a little slow for the first 5-10 min. and seems like a typical low budget horror film but once it gets rolling it is a nice piece of work, the film turns out not to be a low budget horror but a suspense filled horror film that is a bit creepy and fun at the same time. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys bloody good horror films!