I saw this on a rented DVD in 2008. I picked up the DVD without watchin the trailer or reading much bah it. The film was extremely gruesome. The violence was realistic and graphic. Considering the budget, it is one of the best "special effects" I have ever seen, when it comes to violence. Nice work done by Franklin Guerrero Jr considering this is his 2nd film. Yet to see his debut film 8th plague. Definitely hyped to see his future work. Its a low-budget, independent effort and it looks incredible. The death scenes were very creative and has buckets of gore that keeps flowing. This independent horror flick is surprisingly well-made and acted. The story itself is not original but awesome effort. The movie also has a fantastic soundtrack, decent acting n cinematography, nice direction n shoddy camera work n editing. The villain is scary, but only when wearing his goggles. The kills that are shown in this movie are different than a lot of other films. As someone rightly said, "This movie is beautifully sick". Watch out for the outhouse scene man. The teeth breaking scene from American history X n the outhouse scene in this movie r the only scenes which made me feel discomfort. I try to avoid movies which potray harm towards kids. Don't worry, this flick doesn't hav one.

This Is Awesome Movie , I Love The Gore Effects A lot Of Kills That Are Shown In This Movie Are Different Then A lot Of Other Films I Watched In The Past Bobby Shaw Character Was Well Done Very Different I Can't Say Enough How Much I Enjoyed This Movie Based On True Events Might Make Me Seem Like A Monster By Saying I Enjoyed It , That Said Movie Making Wise I Enjoyed This It's Now In My Top 10 Movies Since 2000 The Woods And The Camping Adds To The Movie , Creepy , Disturbing The Bar Scene Added More Creepiness To The Story , As The Outhouse Scene Really Threw Me Into I Can't Believe I Just Saw That State Anyways I Love This Film It's A Must See

I would have to say about this low budget horror movie is that it was an awesome horror movie and it shouldn't be a low budget movie. The death scenes were very creative and has buckets of gore that keeps flowing. I cant believe it was based on a true story and it makes you want to watch it because its true and it had happened its a horrifying thrill ride that keeps you at the edge of your seat making you want more and more. I would have to say for you audiences this is the movie to watch if you you are into the whole blood and guts it is just plain scary best movie I've seen in years. The movie has a great cast of characters great gore great killers and creepy shooting location for a low budget movie. The acting in the movie is a little bad but its still worth watching for all you horror fans out there. one bad thing that i do hate about the movie is the ending i don't want to ruin the movie but you might like it but i thought it was kinda a weak ending to such a great horror movie. since i can spoil the movie on this comment...all the characters die besides one killer.

Friends, on a camping trip in some backwoods area off the beaten path, fall prey to a sadistic wacko hillbilly in overalls who likes to record his handiwork so that he can enjoy future viewings on his projector. There's a twist at the end(..it's HAND HELD!)that won't surprise anyone unless you are the most naive dolt on the planet.The killer, Bobby Shaw(Erik Fones), assaults his victims with a number of tools and the results are often unpleasant. One victim's head is taken off at the neck by a hacksaw. One victim is trapped in an outhouse, his leg smashed with a toilet;it's hinted that Shaw used a wrench to castrate him. One victim is pummeled several times with a sledgehammer. One is stabbed multiple times. One victim has nails hammered into her leg and forehead. And, there's still room for a hacksaw to be buried into the face of a victim, while another's eye is gouged in by a hook. Shaw's older brother runs a beer joint and seems a bit off himself. There's no real style and the violence is carefully executed with director Franklin Guerrero Jr.(..who also wrote this)often cutting away perhaps due to budget restraints. Oh, there's still plenty of blood shed, don't get me wrong, but Guerrero Jr. relies on what we imagine as much as what is presented on screen. For instance, a victim blows her brains out with a shot gun..not seen, but we get the general idea, although the decision to do so, even if your friend was murdered, seems a bit odd. Another scene has Shaw finishing off a victim he had been punishing with the sledgehammer, with a face crushing that's never visible either. This is a common occurrence that infuriates slasher fans, but the film is presented in such a cold, mean-spirited manner(..the way real killers work)that I wonder if the audience would enjoy CARVER anyway, perhaps they would. It's fairly obvious from the production values that the movie was low budgeted, and I never felt Franklin Guerrero Jr. was skilled enough to rise above his limitations. Others might think otherwise, but CARVER, to me, never rises above the countless direct-to-video slasher clones..it's just this one is about a cold-blooded, deranged killer hunting folks in some godforsaken warehouse in the backwoods of rural America. I would go into detail regarding the cast but they all support the film as lambs to the slaughter, nothing more or less. Sick, ugly film that will fade from memory I think not long after you watch it.