4/5
American Gothic is great horror/ slasher movie about a bunch of youths who get stumble upon a conservative Christian family on a remote island. The youths renounce their evil ways and become devout Christians who go to church and drink Jesus' blood and all that weird stuff Christians do. Nope, just kidding, the crazy family is made up of Ma, Pa, and their three adult children who have been brain washed to believe they're still little kids, and the five of them attempt murder the sinners. The first part of the movie is very Texas Chainsaw Masacre-esqe in that its about a murderous backwoods family, but unlike every other horror movie where a single chick barely escapes only to tell the tale, the survivor decides to take revenge by out-crazying the crazies and mercilessly killing the entire family. Had to ruin the plot a little bit, but only in order to make the point that American Gothic is basically two horror movies in one. If you were to only watch the second half, the film would be about a serial killer who murders two elderly parents taking care of their mentally disabled children. American Gothic has good murders but no tits. The creepiest part is when one of the adult children coddles a decomposed baby corpse, which she calls her child. Watching adults talk in baby voices was a little obnoxious, but I was so pleasantly surprised by the way the survivor out-crazies the crazies, that I let it slide. American Gothic is makes up for being not super brutal with its pure creepiness, 4 decomposing baby corpses out of 5.
