Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Michael Ledo 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.

tiskec This movie for one, was infinitely better than I first thought it was going to be. See, it was unclear to me what was happening in the beginning. I was almost ready to give up on it about a quarter of the way through the film. Then, the couple seen all these missing people on the farm house's wall. Then they started to get freaked out. Then it kind of rose my interest. All of a sudden this couple are running and fighting for their lives against these hardcore maniacs. These people were crazier that a three P*cker*d billy goat.As these people are trying to fight and get away from these people, I'm still wondering why all these people were missing, and why the couple is even in this situation in the first place. Much more, I'm trying to find out if the people trying to kill them are just plain psychos, or if there's rationality behind it. The ending was one of the biggest twists in a movie I've ever seen. I didn't expect what happened at all. I think the ending of this movie is what kept it from failing (in my point of view). Without giving to much away, I never expected them to be in hell. I'm not going to say why they're in hell, I'm just going to say that they are. I would definitely recommend this movie to horror and suspense lovers alike. I will soon be buying the blu-ray myself. What a twister.

showtrmp "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.

paul david This is a very decent psychological thriller horror with some excellent acting and there is nothing cheap or cheerful about this movie, I like movies which make you think and ask questions and this film - a little bit like Lovely Bones recently - makes you do that.The film in a way also reminds me of the recent horror Vacancy with the couple on the run and the couple conveniently being in a range of a farmhouse when they crash the car.Chad has a gambling problem - but why was he gambling? And how was the 25K paid? I assume the house where they lived was rented, not owned, and they gave the furniture away to a neighbour, so took nothing away with them in the car, or so it seemed.The girl clearly had a problem in childcare and a healthcare issue with her baby. They both had a problem and the visitation to the farmhouse was a sort of addressing of their guilt and wrongs, so how I seem the drowning of the girls head and the prompt for Chad to justify himself as a man and try and save her.There is A TOUCH of SAW 6 in this morality (if there is any morality).The deaf guy is a key character in the story but is he the only worker to be employed on such a large vineyard 30 miles from anywhere? Absurd but intriguing. The sinister couple too busy bonking to put their hand to the hands on management of the vineyard.Great ending but I still don't get the opening scene when Scarlet the girl is a child and is flash backed again at the end. Need to watch again for further curiosity.Overall, excellent thriller, not top-drawer but enjoyable in this specific film sector although why they persist in including mindless eroticism (sex scene with the open door) is quite beyond me. A theme of many of such films of dateI have some AFTERTHOUGHTS to my original posting.Of course what has happened is that the couple have wronged with the death of their child and perhaps cashed in an insurance Policy to meet the gambling debt and fund a getaway. But this is wrong through the eyes of God and the car accident is their penitence and punishment for eternity, hence the role played by Lil and Samyel, although brutal and horrific, is intended to send a very clear message - and it surely does.In life there is no second chance. there is also a slight moral connection with the Cohens A Serious Man (but only slight).Wow, this is a real thinking film, there is definitely a similarity in this movie with what happened to the little girl in Lovely Bones and the couple in the car crash. Enjoy this movie, its great!