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In the tradition of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, and Deliverance comes this chilling Belgian horror that pushes the limits of shock filmmaking. Director and co-writer Fabrice du Weiz masterfully evokes a sense of deeply distrubing terror as Marc Stevens' world goes profoundly and utterly wrong. When his car breaks down in the middle of the isolated backcountry, he's forced to seek refuge in a rural inn. He's taken in by Bartel, a lonely and psycholgically fragile innkeeper who promises to help. But when Marc catches him dismantling his car, he realizes that the innkeeper has other plans for him....
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Run for it! - XTRUClerk
I was thinking of Deliverance while watching this horrifying (understand that I mean the film is bad, not scary) French film. I kept waiting for Burt Reynolds to show up and save the poor man in this movie (and consequently me from having to watch it) with a quick arrow to someone's head (maybe the guy who wrote it, or the people who financed it) but Burt didn't show. I rarely see a movie so bad and so disturbing that I'm truly sorry I watched it. There's usually at least a song, or a car, or an actor I liked... Anything to save it from being a complete loss. But this movie has no redeeming value at all. I cannot even count Brigitte Lahaie, porn star from the sixties -- who still looks good enough for her age. Her appearance is all too brief. Avoid, avoid, avoid, and if you see the box coming toward you in a rental store run the other way as fast as you can! Cheers.Meh - Spuzz
One of those "terrifying' movies you're sort of sucked into just my the description on the back of the box or even worse, the trailer. You're then left gripping the seat for the first half of the movie dreading what's coming next, and then.. well, sort of shrugging off the rest. I am sure the director meant well, there are nice flourishes here and there, but this movie moves from stupidity and ridiculousness fast, without any real explanation.
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Run for it! - XTRUClerk
I was thinking of Deliverance while watching this horrifying (understand that I mean the film is bad, not scary) French film. I kept waiting for Burt Reynolds to show up and save the poor man in this movie (and consequently me from having to watch it) with ...Meh - Spuzz
One of those "terrifying' movies you're sort of sucked into just my the description on the back of the box or even worse, the trailer. You're then left gripping the seat for the first half of the movie dreading what's coming next, and then.. well, sort of ...