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As I was watching this, I realized, as another reviewer stated, this was a ripoff of several movies, most notably, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hell, they just about copied the scene with the family at dinner. There were also scenes similar to those found in The Hills Have Eyes, Blair Witch Project and Motel Hell. Not an homage to those films, but a blatant copy of scenes and stories. This film devolved into gore (to which I have no aversion, if it furthers the story). This was gore, for the shock value, IMO. Stay far away from this disaster.

If u want to see "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", then please rent the original and don't bother with this shameless rip-off. The only shocking thing about this movie is how bad it is. The directing is so cliché, bland and down right horrible, u ask yourself which kid the Onetti Brothers kidnapped to fund this film. They should go to jail for this one.

Another foolish and planty of asshole sreaming adolescents movie. Don't waste your time with this garbage.

Just because a horror film is Argentinian, it doesn't by default mean that it's worth seeing or even remotely interesting! "What the Waters Left Behind" looks appealing and gets programmed at international genre film festivals all around the world, but honestly the overall quality level never rises above that of any random sequel in the "Wrong Turn" or "The Hills have Eyes" franchises! It is a 200% derivative and uninspired South-American exploitation horror flick with dumb characters, poor performances, zero ingenuity or tension and lame & customary slaughtering. Some will refer to it as a loving tribute to the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", but I'm simply calling it a blatant imitation. The continent of location is different, obviously, and the buzzing chainsaws are replaced by barbed-wired bludgeons, but apart from that it's an exact copy of Tobe Hooper's horror landmark. The only interesting thing I learned from watching "What the Waters Left Behind" is the sad historical disaster that overcame the town of Epecuén in 1985. The part about the poor inhabitants losing everything because of a flood and never receiving any help from the government to rebuild their homes is factual. The part about a bunch of irritating twenty-something imbeciles shooting a documentary about Epecuén but finding themselves kidnapped and tortured by a cannibalistic freak-family is fictional rubbish. I'm so sick and tired of wannabe shocking horrors with redneck/inbred families, by the way! We get it now: their dental hygiene is terrible and the mothers/fathers are even crazier and more bloodthirsty than the offspring.

This was my first acquaintance with the acclaimed directors' duo Luciano and Nicolas Onetti, and I must say I'm very disappointed. I sincerely hope their previous work is a lot better, since I just bought their film "Francesca" after reading that it was a visually striking giallo-homage.

Do yourself a favour and don't watch this movie. It's just blood and limbs all over the place.