BA_Harrison A group of college friends travel to hillbilly country ("we don't get many strangers around here") to interview an author for a thesis about a legendary local serial killer. Guess what happens next…From the very opening scene in which the soon-to-be-dead teens load up their car for a few days of camping in the wilderness, Madison County is in very familiar territory, but still manages to be reasonably entertaining for a while thanks to the initially likable characters. Unfortunately, the film spends waaaaay too long getting to the horror—almost 45 minutes go by where very little happens—after which our unfortunate campers appear to abandon brains and start acting like total morons.Despite hostility from the locals, including an encounter with a knife-wielding redneck outside a diner, they leave the safety of the group to wander around the woods by themselves, practically inviting the resident pig-mask wearing maniac to slaughter them. To make matters worse, the kids throw away every opportunity to finish off the killer, preferring to momentarily incapacitate him and make a run for it—and they never, ever look over their shoulders. Watching characters this stupid soon becomes tiresome in the extreme, and any sympathy towards them goes right out the window.Towards the end of the film, writer/director Eric England tries to inject a little originality into proceedings with a plot twist involving the mysterious author, but the execution is ham-fisted to say the least, and not in the least bit plausible. An abrupt shock ending fails to improve matters, leaving the viewer pondering whether the film-makers had to return their equipment in a hurry.On an ever-so-slightly more positive note, the acting is reasonable, with the exception of Adrienne Harrell, who severely lets the side down with her dreadful performance as suspicious old bag Erma, the kills are fairly brutal, the cinematography is above average for such fare, and we even get a spot of gratuitous female nudity (although NOT from the film's attractive female leads, Joanna Sotomura and Natalie Scheetz, who remain clothed throughout) in a ridiculous scene that suggests that the locals are in cahoots with the killer.

jess jones To be honest this film is pretty bad..... I paid £8 in Tesco and will definitely say it is not worth that price so Tesco you need to review your price on this. at least I can say I have watched it...... but what down turn for the ending didn't expect that at all......I would say don't buy this film but if you see it on your mates shelf then by all means waste an hour and a half of your life :) the film.reminds me.of.The wrong turn and house of wax. the story line is pretty similar. seems to me the film is slightly low budget too. If the film had pretty good ending then I might of rated it a little higher than a 3. An ending where it shows the survivors returning with help maybe the police from another county or maybe the Army or something.

tequila101 Madison County is a straight up slasher which doesn't bother to act like any other horror which has come out before or after. Yes, I do feel that it was quite tedious and boring and that it was like many other films I have seen, especially naming "The Friday the 13th" and "Wrong Turn" franchises since the majority of both series were set in the backwoods of an isolated area. This film was OK, but I was surprised that I didn't end up hating it by the end. I had seen many slasher films which came out in the same year as Madison County or films after it (naming this year). This specifically included "The Orphan Killer" and "Wrong Turn 5" since I was disappointed with those films.I don't have much to say about this film but I'll do the best I can: I thought the music score was average to decent but when the chasing scenes were presented the music lost it's momentum. The characters were pretty typical. I knew what decisions they were going to make, who was more sensible and then those who would sacrifice everything for the murders. Daminan actually looked good in the pig mask. Nice and creepy. I had imagined he was going to be a more bulkier, brutal looking Leatherface looka like, but instead the creators made it their own, so thumbs up for that. The kills to be honest, were actually good for once in a modern slasher film. This film knew it's limits when it came to showing how much violence and gore they would present. I seriously thought this would've been more violent. The whole aspect of the townsfolk not knowing anything was quite lame as I had seen this already in other films such as "The Wickerman!" Anyhow, it didn't annoy me too much. I also didn't like the conclusion to for this film - could've developed that so much more!Overall this film was boring/decent. It's not scary or memorable in any way but I'll admit, I thought the outcome of the entire film could have been worse. I seriously had no expectations, thinking it would be like "Seed" which I hated. Anyhow, it's an alright horror film which has it's decent and boring moments. I didn't have any high expectations for this film anyway. 6/10

jcs_vh1 Madison county is Maybe one of the best slasher films in awhile.it has great characters,great acting and some fairly violent death scenes.the first 50 minutes of the movie is spent on character development and the kids trying to figure out where a famous author is,who wrote a book about a serial killer named Damien Ewell.after the 40 or 50 minute mark,the first death happens.the deaths are pretty generic,nothing inventive or new.mostly just stabbings.though a few kills are pretty cool,such as one of the college kids getting a baseball bat shoved through his mouth or one guy getting enticed by two topless women before getting a knife to the stomach.the characters are pretty likable,with a few exceptions.by far my favorite was Jenna,she was sweet and strong.putting her own life in danger to save her friends.SPOILERS!It was so sad when she died,when her and Brooke are hiding and Damien is about to find Brooke,Jenna runs off to distract him.she manages to get the Axe from him and almost kills him,but he over powers her and he starts to mimic her screams as he hacks her to death with the Axe.The ending is pretty good too,but i wont spoil that.you'll have to watch the movie ;)