No director has gone in the opposite direction, the way of extreme horror, built on shock moments, gore, and brutality. (screenanarchy.com)
With the unequivocally titled Revenge, newcomer Coralie Fargeat gains instant entrée into the halls of Gallic extreme horror in the vein of Haute Tension and Inside. (hollywoodreporter.com)
Feast, a movie from 2006, comes to mind as a horror comedy that identified the cliches in the genre, but succeeded where Cabin in the Woods failed in being funny and qualifying as extreme horror. (metacritic.com)