I'm a big fan of horror movies, but it has been a long time since a horror movie actually horrified me.
I didn't know "See the Sea" (or "Regarde la mer") was a horror movie when I began watching it. I knew only that it was a perhaps mildly suspenseful, but probably boring fifty-two minute French film being shown on Cinemax. I didn't expect much.
I didn't even bother going on-line to look for reviews.
So, how was I to know I shouldn't have watched "See the Sea" very late at night? As I said, I was prepared to be bored, figuring if I were bored to the point of nodding off on the sofa, I could turn it off and toddle off to bed, no problem.
An hour later, having finished watching this amazing, subtle, disturbing film, I was wide awake and disquieted -- and another hour passed before I settled down enough to go to bed.
The film's horror is psychological. It's in the relationship between two very different women, and it builds to a stunning conclusion.
The last film that made me feel this creeped out was "Repulsion" in 1966, when I was a teenager. And that was a French film, too. Hmmm...
I didn't know "See the Sea" (or "Regarde la mer") was a horror movie when I began watching it. I knew only that it was a perhaps mildly suspenseful, but probably boring fifty-two minute French film being shown on Cinemax. I didn't expect much.
I didn't even bother going on-line to look for reviews.
So, how was I to know I shouldn't have watched "See the Sea" very late at night? As I said, I was prepared to be bored, figuring if I were bored to the point of nodding off on the sofa, I could turn it off and toddle off to bed, no problem.
An hour later, having finished watching this amazing, subtle, disturbing film, I was wide awake and disquieted -- and another hour passed before I settled down enough to go to bed.
The film's horror is psychological. It's in the relationship between two very different women, and it builds to a stunning conclusion.
The last film that made me feel this creeped out was "Repulsion" in 1966, when I was a teenager. And that was a French film, too. Hmmm...