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Unresolved class tussles are all the rage in UK horror right now (F, Cherry Tree Lane), and writer/director Kris McManus’ no-budget debut is a patchy survival thriller that pits city-boy bikers against angry pikeys (their words) with bug-eyed, but rarely boring, results.
Though all-but scuppered by scripting issues and variable acting, it boasts a beautiful slide-guitar score, a fearsome bare-knuckle boxing sequence and a sweary cameo from Charlie Boorman.
Whether that constitutes ample recompense really depends on your tolerance for enthusiastic, if amateurish, exploitation.
Matt Glasby is a freelance film and TV journalist. You can find his work on Total Film - in print and online - as well as at publications like the Radio Times, Channel 4, DVD REview, Flicks, GQ, Hotdog, Little White Lies, and SFX, among others. He is also the author of several novels, including The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film and Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England.
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