Cheap Thrills

Gird your stomach for Cheap Thrills, a bloody but enjoyably ironic horror which enters that queasy zone where Michael Haneke's Funny Games meets a reality-TV bush tucker trial.

You can take the result as either smart satire or sick schlock - frankly, it works on both scores.

E L Katz's film delivers exactly what the title promises. It is a very bloody, very violent fairground ride of a movie that ratchets up the tension as its two hapless anti-heroes compete desperately for money.

Fully succeeds with its humor and its more horrifying elements, thanks to an immensely talented cast, though the biggest strength is the organic escalation of the concept that makes the entire concept believable.