After a somewhat creepy and promising start, Reborn quickly hurls itself into a veritable Grand Canyon of stupidity. Just 25 minutes in, I was already checking to see how much time was left in this torturously bad cinematic experience.

The basic storyline had potential, albeit that of just another cliched and stereotypical slasher, but Craig McMahon (who wrote, filmed, edited, produced and directed this bloody mess) tries so hard to push the envelope of gore and torture that he just sidesteps some of the basic tenets of moviemaking. For instance, I never cared one iota about any of the characters on display here. Things happened way too fast early on to permit me to bond in any real way with the primary victim, and I just couldn't buy the emotional undercurrents that I assume are meant to exist between her and the man doing all of the killing (it's really hard to sympathize with someone as stupid as this guy).

A good filmmaker also doesn't throw things at the audience just for the heck of it or rely on a little blood and gore to offset a plot full of nonsense.

I think divorce should be granted immediately if your husband quits his job, sells your home, takes you out in to the middle of the desert and informs you that an incredibly run-down junkyard is your new home. Apparently, Cade's wife really, really loves him because she agrees to give Cade (Jimmy Flowers) the benefit of the doubt. Little does this newlywed couple know, though, that the place they now call home was recently the site of a number of hideous and sadistic murders (although, as stupid as Gabe appears to be, he would probably have bought the place anyway). Not surprisingly, things start out bad and get a lot worse in quite a hurry.

As we soon learn, the infamous Motorman Dan (David C. Hayes) hasn't gone anywhere and is still in the business of recruiting someone to kill indiscriminately for him. I won't go into the details of how Motorman Dan makes things happen, but trust me when I say that he is alone in actually enjoying the sadistic murder spree that makes up the bulk of this movie.

After watching this film, I discovered that it is actually a sequel to a 2006 Craig McMahon production called Machined. Not only do you not need to watch the first film in order to, ahem, "enjoy" Reborn, I would go so far as to suggest you avoid that film -- and this one -- altogether. From what I understand, the first movie is even worse than this one. Unless you crave utter nonsense, I don't see how you could possibly enjoy watching this movie.