From what I’ve seen of the French horror scene, I’m
thoroughly impressed! These films have such raw emotion and dare to push the
level of comfort (for the audience) to the edge. The one thing I’ve noticed
between the few French films I’ve seen and American movies is that the violence
and gore is explained and/or justified. The reasons may not be the best but at
least they’re there. These movies know what they want to do; tell a story and
push the limits and intensity of each scene by having the characters suffer
through such extreme situations. The film “Martyrs”, which I’ve already
reviewed, is a great example and the version I rented began with the director
of the film both apologizing for his work as well as thanking the viewer for
watching. He was very sincere and but knew exactly what he had created, a movie
that some (or a lot) of people were not going to be able to watch from
beginning to end.
A taste of things to come.....
"Sheitan"
"Haute Tension"
" À l'intérieur"
"Mutants"
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