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À l'intérieur (2007)
stopped in its tracks by unbelievable characters and behavior
if you are going to make a horror/suspense/gore flick that wants to be taken seriously, like this one obviously does, first of all you need believable characters that the viewers can take seriously. unfortunately "À l'intérieur" sets a new standard for ridiculous and inexplicable character behavior.
*SPOILER* the supposedly "scary" antagonist is a fairly skinny woman who manages to kill 4 grown men including 3 armed police officers, one male teenager and 2 other women...with scissors and knitting needles. this is mostly possible because the officers in question obviously never received any kind of training in how to manage potentially dangerous situations and suspects and pretty much everybody except for the main protagonist fails to put up any kind of resistance whatsoever. little wonder really. since the killer-woman is obviously super-human, any resistance would be futile. she can enter a locked and barred house without making any kind of sound, she can see perfectly in the dark where others need flashlights, she can somehow grab a knitting-needle hidden in her sleeve while a fairly strong looking police officer has one of her arms locked behind her back and she obviously has some kind of hypnotic powers that force everybody to turn their backs to her even though she's highly suspicious and hold perfectly still while she takes her sweet time to stick them with super-human strength. *SPOILER END*
it's really sad too because technically the movie is fairly well executed. the camera and lighting work nicely, the gore effects are fairly convincing, the sound effects are juicy and the music brings some fresh ideas to the table. best conditions for a suspenseful scary gore-flick...if only it wouldn't be lacking so much in substance and believability.
4/10 for the technical aspect but i would only recommend this movie to someone who's seen EVERY gore flick there is and just HAS to see one more.
Gutterballs (2008)
not perfect, but a LOT of fun!
the negative reviews for this movie really make me chuckle and shake my head at the same time. "how do these people end up watching movies like this in the first place?" is what i keep wondering. it's basically very simple: if you are a person that is "offended" by nudity and *gasp* SEX and if you don't enjoy juicy gore effects in your movies...you DON'T watch a slasher-gore-porn-comedy. you just don't do it.
this isn't a movie trying to appeal to the masses. it's not even trying to tell a story. it's entertaining on a very basic level. and that it does very well. some people here called it "juvenile". i call it "simple fun". the most important thing however is that this movie knows exactly what it is and never takes itself seriously. a pitfall that many other gore-flicks unfortunately fail to avoid.
a lot of people complained about the acting but compared to other movies in it's genre the acting here is actually pretty decent while purposely over-the-top and funny. same goes for the "dialog" which so many seem to despise. it really gave me a few laughs after a while.
the visual style of the movie is an homage to grimy 80's cinema and by itself already pretty funny. the gore effects range from good to teeth-grinding-painfully-awesome and the killing methods are fun and creative (most of the time). in fact the only not-fun thing about this movie is the rape-scene. and understandably so. the scene is quite uneasy to watch and perfectly fulfills it's purpose of building antipathy for the folks about to be slaughtered.
yeah, so some things in this movie don't make a lot of sense, especially the ending. but if you watched the movie this far and paid attention you will have noticed that this movie does a lot of things just for the fun of it. and in that respect it almost makes sense again.
all in all, if you are not one of those people who take life (and themselves) a little too seriously grab a cold one and have some fun with this one. in fact, grab a couple of cold ones and invite some friends over. this is the perfect party flick.
oh, and the soundtrack is a KILLER.