First of all, let me say that "that scene", the one on the cover of the box, isn't in the movie. A variation of it is, however. Second, don't let the jagged teeth of glass in the little window fool you (that window is prominently displayed in lots of promo shots). The window in the movie has no glass left once it's busted.
Now, other than those couple of trifling nitpics, this movie is pretty darn good. Four young 20-somethings go to visit an uncle of one of them, who has invited them up for a visit during a festival. This uncle has a cabin (hand built) on the lake, and that cabin is to die for. It even comes with its own sauna.
Of the foursome, two are a couple, and the other two are on essentially a blind date. The two girls are closest friends, btw. The girl on this date is still suffering the loss of her fiancee three years ago. Her date for this weekend trip is tall, blond, exquisitely built, and as kind and considerate as anyone could want.
The girl's closest friend is trying to get her to come out of her self-imposed cave and start living again. Eventually she consents to strip down to her underwear and go for a dip into the lake, followed by a trip into the sauna. Lake, sauna, lake...you get the picture. Of course, all this time, the two guys are drinking heavily, which never mixes well with heat. Eventually, the one guy, the one with the uncle, gets so smashed, he passes out on the couch. He never realizes he's accidentally locked his friends in the sauna.
This movie is "based on a true event". There's very little blood, and it can be slow at times. But what makes it horrific is that this could really happen. This is not a horror movie based on pretend creatures that don't exist. It's not about abominable people, or cannibals, serial killers, or zombies. It's about what could actually occur. And once that realization is set in your mind, you can sit back and watch these people cook to death.
My recommendation?
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