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Zina (Nina Ivanisin), a cynic model past her prime, has agreed to do a
photoshoot out there in the country with photographer Blitcz (Sebastian
Cavazza), with his assistant Dragica (Manca Ogoevc) and airheaded but
over-ambitious model Mia (Nika Rozman) along for the ride. The area Blitcz
has picked it truly breathtaking, but constantly nagging Mia gets on
Zina's nerves pretty soon. And then, out of the blue, two locals with
grossly distorted faces, Francl (Lotos Sparovec) and Vintlr (Jurij
Devensek) turn up and first bully the quartet, then knock them out to drag
them off to their dungeon. When Zina comes to, she finds Blitcz already
dead, Dragica's dragged off (and apparently made the key ingredients of
the local moonshine), and Mia ... well, she's as annoying as ever, even if
the recent occurences have taken all fight out of her. Zina on the other
hand isn't one who wants to die too soon, and she soon devices a plan for
escape for the two of them, but only Zina would make it out alive - but
being out of the dungeon doesn't mean she's on the safe side by a longshot
... Now there are no two ways about it, Killbillies is
heavily influenced by genre classics like The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance,
the set-up, the rural locations, even the structure are too similar to
discard that - but that said, the movie still works very well on its own
merits, as it's great in creating suspense, has its shocks in all the
right places, doesn't overdo the gore and builds up in terms of violence,
plus the whole thing is very well-structured and has a likeable flawed
lead that's easy to care for. Definitely worth a watch!
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