After seeing the Neo-Giallo Blackaria (2010-also reviewed) last night,I decided that I would continue with another French Horror. Recommend the film by a fellow ICM poster, I set off to find the demon on the island.
View on the film:
Closely working with editor Caroline Gombergh and a dark synch score from Christian Gaubert, co-writer/ (with Owen T. Rozmann) director Francis Leroi reveals unexplained "accidents" on the island with nerve- shredding fear,as Gaubert edits to the rumbling bass of Leroi's pressure cooker score,keeping the viewer on edge over a gory injury boiling over at any time. Going across the island with Martin,Leroi & cinematographer Jacques Assuérus cast an eerie atmosphere by the stone cold silences Martin gets from the locals only being broken by hiding in dark corners to glimpse the rising supernatural terror.
Pushed by local Dr.Marshall to re-think her stay on the island, the screenplay by Leroi and Rozmann heighten the horror outbursts by focusing on the seeds of doubt from Martin that she unintentionally lit the fuse for these grisly accidents. Breaking into Marshall's secrets, the writers place sharp, fractured flashbacks to Martin's life to build tension in the battle between the doctors over the treatment of the supernatural. Leaving no doubt what he has in mind,Jean-Claude Brialy lays it on thick as the beard-stroking baddie Marshall, whilst Anny Duperey wonderfully highlights the inner strength from Martin when finding that a demon is on the island.
View on the film:
Closely working with editor Caroline Gombergh and a dark synch score from Christian Gaubert, co-writer/ (with Owen T. Rozmann) director Francis Leroi reveals unexplained "accidents" on the island with nerve- shredding fear,as Gaubert edits to the rumbling bass of Leroi's pressure cooker score,keeping the viewer on edge over a gory injury boiling over at any time. Going across the island with Martin,Leroi & cinematographer Jacques Assuérus cast an eerie atmosphere by the stone cold silences Martin gets from the locals only being broken by hiding in dark corners to glimpse the rising supernatural terror.
Pushed by local Dr.Marshall to re-think her stay on the island, the screenplay by Leroi and Rozmann heighten the horror outbursts by focusing on the seeds of doubt from Martin that she unintentionally lit the fuse for these grisly accidents. Breaking into Marshall's secrets, the writers place sharp, fractured flashbacks to Martin's life to build tension in the battle between the doctors over the treatment of the supernatural. Leaving no doubt what he has in mind,Jean-Claude Brialy lays it on thick as the beard-stroking baddie Marshall, whilst Anny Duperey wonderfully highlights the inner strength from Martin when finding that a demon is on the island.