this is really not a film for the faint hearted. i really mean that. there were a couple of occasions when i just couldnt bring myself to look at the screen and i really wanted my ears to stop working at the same time.
it is a fairly low budget psychological drama of a man who is middle aged and lonely. he wants to get married and so a friend of his on the tv/movie business holds sham auditions (a very, very funny sequence in the film) so that he can...aha...take his pick. He doesn't choose all that well it has to be said.
more than just a horror film though it does manage to look at the state of relationships and what people want from each other as well as having some absolutely fantastic set pieces. at times it may drift very nearly into looking like a low budget grotesque shock horror type film but the overall atmosphere is so unpleasant that it never falls this far for too long.
if you get the chance then give this a chance but two things are guaranteed 1) you will look at acupuncture differently and 2) anyone saying 'kiri, kiri, kiri' in a high pitched voice will make your heart beat just that little bit quicker!
nicely unpleasant
it is a fairly low budget psychological drama of a man who is middle aged and lonely. he wants to get married and so a friend of his on the tv/movie business holds sham auditions (a very, very funny sequence in the film) so that he can...aha...take his pick. He doesn't choose all that well it has to be said.
more than just a horror film though it does manage to look at the state of relationships and what people want from each other as well as having some absolutely fantastic set pieces. at times it may drift very nearly into looking like a low budget grotesque shock horror type film but the overall atmosphere is so unpleasant that it never falls this far for too long.
if you get the chance then give this a chance but two things are guaranteed 1) you will look at acupuncture differently and 2) anyone saying 'kiri, kiri, kiri' in a high pitched voice will make your heart beat just that little bit quicker!
nicely unpleasant