Calavaire...Horrific...not Horror

This is the BEST scene from Calavaire (the Ordeal), a terrifying movie from Belgium. It's not a horror movie, but it was cringe worthy on many levels and not all in a good way. The synopsis says " Straw Dogs meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre", OK I get the references, but not exactly accurate.

Our protagonist is a traveling torche song revivalist named Marc Singer. Singer is heading south for a big christmas concert when his van breaks down in the town of "crazy freaking weirdo ville".
See video above.
Marc's 1st landfall with madness in this backwoods eastern european squealfest is with Bartel, a seemingly normal, friendly inn keeper who offers to help fix Marc's van. Bartel becomes transfixed with Marc and begins to think Marc is his unfaithful wife returned to pick up where they left off. This is about 50 minutes into the movie (snore) and where the Straw dogs/TCM reference begins. The difference between this movie and Straw Dogs, however, is that their IS no real conclusion to this movie. Their is no come uppance and Marc gives up at the very first sight of danger.
The rest of the movie...just happens and at the end...who cares.

Rent Martyrs instead. A better, if still flawed blood fest.