The Woman - A horrible film, but not necessarily a bad one 

I have to admit to nearly turning this off more than once. I practically picked up the remote every ten minutes or so. However, after sticking with it, I was actually happy that I did. It's no classic and wasn't what I was expecting, but it was different enough to warrant ninety minutes of my life.

I became aware of this film through watching horror films and seeing that people who had watched the films I'd watched had also watched this. Therefore I thought it would be a horror about a feral woman running wild, creating havoc (and probably bodies). However, the feral woman in question gets captured about ten minutes into the film by a well-to-do middle class American family.

From then on, it becomes more of a Hostel-like `torture porn' film. We discover that this supposedly nice family is little better than the feral woman they've captured.  The family, led by the father who could probably do with a little more back story as to why he's quite such an evil sort, then proceed to try and 'civilise' the woman to their standards.  Naturally, it doesn't turn out too well for many involved.

I won't go into too much detail about what transpires as there are a few moments you might not see coming. However, my biggest gripe with the film was lack of any character I felt like I should be rooting for. At the end of the day, if you watch this you'll see people get killed. Will you care? Probably not.

If you're a fan of horror and aren't expecting too much, you may see enough originality in this to go along for the ride.  I'm sure it's trying to send a message, but I couldn't quite figure out what it was trying to say.  Perhaps it was trying to show 'toxic masculinity' way before that phrase really found its way into the mainstream?

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that