The film follows a trio of pretty young women on a road trip through the Nevada desert on their way to Las Vegas. Despite the warnings from a lecherous gas station attendant and his friend that their car is about to give up the ghost, they push on out into the middle of nowhere, where of course, the car sputters and stops.

A strange local man named Andre (Andrew Prine) abducts the three lovely ladies and chains them up in his barn where he acts as a ringmaster in a sadistic circus or torture. Unfortunately for the girls, the cops in the area don't move on these things too quickly and, making maters worse, is the fact Andre's father is a psychotic murderous monster who lives in the outhouse nearby...

Not as trashy or exploitative as the Barn title implies, the film is never the less an enjoyably dark and twisted little ride. The desert locations give the picture a very burnt, destitute look and the cinematography actually does a pretty strong job of capturing this. Performance wise, Prine is really the only one who stands out. It's not that the rest of the cast is terrible, they're not at all, they're just fairly unremarkable whereas he definitely gets into his role and plays his part with no shortage of malicious glee.

The plot isn't about to win any awards for originality - after all, how many countless horror films have begun with someone's car breaking down in the middle of nowhere only to allow the local nutjobs a chance to do their thing? That said, the film stands out on its own enough thanks to the genuinely bizarre circus aspect and its wholly unseemly vibe that it's definitely worth a look.

Alan Rudolph would go on to direct a few other notable films, most recently Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast Of Champions, but prior to that even he had some success with films like Songwriter (starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson!) and the award winning drama, The Moderns.

The English Dolby Digital Mono track on the DVD is pretty awful and it almost sounds like there's something funky going on with the compression. There's an annoying tinny sounding reverb behind the dialogue throughout almost the entire film and there is hiss throughout. You can understand the performers - thankfully the problems don't overshadow them - but there's obviously been nothing done here to clean up the mix, which is a shame as it does hurt the package.

Also included on the DVD is Gore Beat, a video magazine done by Johnny Legend that clocks in at almost an hour in length. Here you'll find interviews with John Landis, Fred Olen Ray, Brian Yuzna and the one and only Ray Dennis Steckler. Whiel the connection to the feature is negligible and really basically related to a few memories of the film from some of the interviewees (made up ones at that during Landis' segment!) there are some fun bits and clips throughout that conjure up some fun memories and provide some amusing anecdotes.

Also included on the disc is a Legend House promo reel containing clips from some of their recent and upcoming DVD releases, menus and chapter stops (though no chapter menu is provided).

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