Barricade (2007)

A group of friends are terrorized by a cannibalistic family while camping in The Black Forest of Germany.

Director:

Timo Rose

Writers:

Timo Rose, Ted Geoghegan

Stars:

Raine Brown, Joe Zaso, André Reissig

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Raine Brown	...	Nina
Joe Zaso	...	Michael (as Joseph Zaso)
André Reissig	...	David
Thomas Kercmar	...	Dirk Dermot / The Father
Manoush	...	The Mother
Timo Rose	...	Marc
Andreas Pape	...	The Freak / Man in Tent
Sebastian Gutsche	...	Goliath
Stefan Lenger	...	Little Caesar
Tanja Karius	...	Woman in Tent
Ellen Tanumihardja	...	Tamara
Dirk Glücks	...	Andre
Lars Rohnstock	...	Camper 1
Marc Rohnstock	...	Camper 2
Ramon Kaltenbach	...	Camper 3

Storyline

After several years apart, old friends Nina and Michael reunite in Germany, accompanied by Michael's associate, David. The three decide to take a weekend trip into the woods to escape the stress of their lives and relax for a few days. Unfortunately, the woods are inhabited by a long-forgotten family of cannibalistic mountain people - and these three look like the perfect meal.

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Plot Keywords:

germany | vacation | tourist | nude woman murdered | masked killer | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to hell. Welcome to barricade.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barricade: Welcome to Hell

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rosecalypse, Cinema Image Productions, Starving Kappa Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Fearmakers (2008)

User Reviews

Ze hills haf eyes!

A group of friends come face-to-face with a family of hideous cannibals whilst camping in the beautiful German countryside.

The 'mutant cannibal family' concept is almost as old as the hills that the inbred freaks often call home, so any director attempting to breath new life into the genre needs to come up with something pretty darn special in order to impress. With Barricade, Timo Rose tries to give the well-worn routine a Teutonic twist, by transplanting the action to The Black Forest and giving it the German low-budget splatter treatment. The result is a very bloody, but totally unoriginal effort that is made almost unwatchable thanks to some dreadful directorial decisions—in particular, the non-stop use of fancy filters and irritating editing techniques.

Had Timo Rose not opted to utilise every naff trick his editing software offered him, then Barricade might have been a reasonably entertaining gore-fest: his inexperienced cast do reasonably well; the bloody effects are suitably stomach churning; and there are one or two scares and even some well conceived creepy moments. All of this, however, is completely ruined by the awful camera-work, choppy editing, and overwhelming barrage of visual gimmickry used to give the film the distressed look that is so inexplicably popular with today's film-makers.

I give Barricade 3 out of 10 purely for the outlandish gore, which includes a nifty scene where a guy is forced to drink acid, loads of nasty wounds caused by a variety of sharp implements, and some pretty decent shotgun damage.