In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

English are from England; Scots are from Scotland; Welsh are from Wales. They're all from Britain. The British Isles include Ireland and all the little islands that don't already belong to Iceland or Norway or are independent or want to be independent or are disputed and who, outside of the locals, cares? So no, not an English urban legend but reviewer did identify Bean as Scottish first. If the legend had been widespread in Britain, then a British urban legend - that is, if the locale had been urban, which it wasn't.But it wasn't either wide-spread or urban so it's just a local Galloway story of dubious origin.Final point: who, outside of a neurotic Woody Allen character, gives a damn? From the reviews, this is a schlock movie and schlock movies are exempt from any kind of accuracy: historical, territorial, scriptural, motivational or common sense - that's what makes the good ones entertaining, like a Road Runner cartoon.

Good movie, go check it out, don't worry about what some dumb f*(k blockbuster employee has to say, he obviously didn't even see it. It is in fact about the same cannibal family explained in the commentary for The Hills Have Eyes, just in a more modern setting. This movie actually has the look and feel of an old school horror film. I would suggest renting it, but not buying, unless your a collector of everything horror, like myself. I gave it a 6, cheesy acting, bad cuts, and it kind of has a T.V. show feel at times as well. The gore is great, the nudity is just right, and some may argue, but the ending was very good. Great Job... By the way, this movie is far better than Hostel, F! you Eli Roth!!

I love loads of horror films, and a rather wide variety, my favorites are stylized with a creepy atmosphere, but I can enjoy a film on gore alone if well done with a decently creepy premise or killer. This film, I wanted so badly to enjoy, but it was garbage, and most of the time I can find something to enjoy in films most consider trash. There's sadly nothing here. Its supposed to be about the legend of Sawney Bean, the head of an incestuous cannibalistic clan who lived in caves along the shores of Scotland over 400 years ago. What we have is a badly acted film with gore effects I literally have done better for Halloween costumes, with no real story to speak of. The cannibals barely do more than grunt and act like cave men, which is wrong. No one has a Scottish accent, the caves seem to be in the desert, plus its set in modern day, but sawney bean is supposed to still be alive and no explanation is given as to why. The actual legend of Sawney Bean is very creepy and great fodder for a horror film so why they decided to make this film without using ANY of the legend outside of the name sawney bean and cannibals living in a cave is beyond me. Texas Chainsaw Massacre part FOUR was better than this. If any real effort was put into making this film by its crew, thats very very pathetic as to what they were able to create. Disjointed, badly made, no plot drivel. There's really nothing here for even the most lenient critic to enjoy.Someone should properly make the Sawney Bean story into a film as that would actually be something to see, if done well.

Alright, I was in Blockbuster today on my lunch break and spotted to preview sleeves for this (both copies were actually rented out). It claimed to be the tale that inspired the Hills Have Eyes. Um, WHAT?! That is the most bogus claim I've ever read! Hey director/script writer: watch the documentary on the original Hills Have Eyes (1977) 2-disk by Anchor Bay. In it, Wes Craven states that the inspiration for the Hills Have Eyes was a cave-dwelling medieval (sp?) family in the British Isles (the Seaney-Beane family I believe). Wes Craven should sue the hell out of the "production company" of this "film" for libel! I am insulted that anyone would try to cash in on film-renters' ignorance of a subject by just plain lying. I came across another video box for "When A Killer Calls" which claims to be more like the urban legend (the babysitter and the man upstairs) than the original When A Stranger Calls. RUBBISH! I CALL SHINANIGANS!!