If you are a fan of horror movie that will make you squirm, this one is for you. There are so many reasons to hate this movie. Gore, brutality, bloody everywhere, gun shot wounds, stabbings and then there is the self tracheotomy and the non-medical C-section. So why did I like this insane movie? Simple. There are two beautiful women in it first off. Alyyson Paradis plays Sarah, the pregnant single mother, trying to get over the death of her husband in a car accident we see at the very beginning of the film and then there is Beatrice Dalle, who plays The Woman. The other characters are unimportant really, because none stays on screen more than a handful of minutes. The key is these two stars.
Paradis is a depressed woman still reeling from the death of her husband and unsure about the birth of her baby. She pushes everyone who seems to care away and has an inability to smile. As the movie goes on, she defends her baby against anything or anyone who might try to harm it. Despite her physical and mental scars from the accident, she has a soft beautiful glow about her. This glow is soon washed away and covered with blood.
Dalle, who has an exotic look, plays a character like no other. We aren't sure until the very end why she is there, but she makes it quite evident that her purpose is to take the unborn baby. When we first see her, it is one of the creepiest scenes I've ever seen to introduce a character. The same way that Leatherface's entrance in Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked us with it's speed and loud noises, Dalle delivers the same effect, by doing nothing more than staring through a window (which she has cracked by punching it) and lighting a cigarette. Her demonic look throughout is haunting.
To say it's a good movie, would be an attempt to trivialize its horror. It's not a good movie, but an awful movie. Not in that it's not acted well, but in that it makes you feel uncomfortable. It makes you hate what you're watching. The thing about it is, that is what it's trying to do. So when I say awful, I don't mean that as a critique of it as a while, but simply in the feeling you have when you walk away. I won't go so far as to recommend it to anyone who isn't a fan of the horror genre, because it's not the kind of movie that makes you jump, it's the kind that makes you cringe. The only spoiler I will add, for those who might indulge, is to remember that it is not an American film, so don't assume how things will turn out. You'll most likely be wrong.
Paradis is a depressed woman still reeling from the death of her husband and unsure about the birth of her baby. She pushes everyone who seems to care away and has an inability to smile. As the movie goes on, she defends her baby against anything or anyone who might try to harm it. Despite her physical and mental scars from the accident, she has a soft beautiful glow about her. This glow is soon washed away and covered with blood.
Dalle, who has an exotic look, plays a character like no other. We aren't sure until the very end why she is there, but she makes it quite evident that her purpose is to take the unborn baby. When we first see her, it is one of the creepiest scenes I've ever seen to introduce a character. The same way that Leatherface's entrance in Texas Chainsaw Massacre shocked us with it's speed and loud noises, Dalle delivers the same effect, by doing nothing more than staring through a window (which she has cracked by punching it) and lighting a cigarette. Her demonic look throughout is haunting.
To say it's a good movie, would be an attempt to trivialize its horror. It's not a good movie, but an awful movie. Not in that it's not acted well, but in that it makes you feel uncomfortable. It makes you hate what you're watching. The thing about it is, that is what it's trying to do. So when I say awful, I don't mean that as a critique of it as a while, but simply in the feeling you have when you walk away. I won't go so far as to recommend it to anyone who isn't a fan of the horror genre, because it's not the kind of movie that makes you jump, it's the kind that makes you cringe. The only spoiler I will add, for those who might indulge, is to remember that it is not an American film, so don't assume how things will turn out. You'll most likely be wrong.
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