Written & Directed by: Fabrice Du Welz
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, and Jean-Luc Couchard
Unfortunately, the first entry to this blog is a Belgian horror flick called Calvaire
(or The Ordeal). I say 'unfortunately' because it was quite a letdown. I might feel this way because of all the hype I read about it, seeing that it was compared to modern horror classics like Inside
and Martyrs
, as well as horror staples like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance. After viewing the film, it definitely draws comparisons to the latter, but of much less quality.
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, and Jean-Luc Couchard
Unfortunately, the first entry to this blog is a Belgian horror flick called Calvaire
(or The Ordeal). I say 'unfortunately' because it was quite a letdown. I might feel this way because of all the hype I read about it, seeing that it was compared to modern horror classics like Inside and Martyrs, as well as horror staples like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance. After viewing the film, it definitely draws comparisons to the latter, but of much less quality.
Released in 2005, this movie is about an entertainer in Belgium who is traveling south for a Christmas Gala. He gets himself lost in the backwoods of Belgium and his old van shockingly breaks down in the pouring rain. Luckily there is an old Inn (say 'an old Inn' five times fast) nearby which some crazy kid takes him to by foot. Long story short, the owner of the Inn is not who he seems and the singer is in trouble. Needless to say, he doesn't make the Gala. Whereas many movies have had similar plots and succeeded (See Frontier(s), or TCM), this movie fails in so many ways. Those of you looking for a high body count, look elsewhere. Those of you looking for scares or a clever script, look elsewhere. Those of you looking for lots of blood and thrills.... you guessed it, not here. Lets put it this way, there is more gore in Not Another Teen Movie.The only positive things I can say about this movie are that it has a cool poster and it doesn't waste too much of your time with an 88 minute runtime. Other than that, there really isn't much going on. It's just a slow building movie that never pans out the way I had hoped. If given the option of seeing this, I would say skip it. There are much better horror movies out there that need to be seen. Even though we are in a time where there are so many horrible Hollywood horror movies being made, this proves that not every foreign horror movie hits its mark either.
Total Score: 2/10
Buckets: 0/5
Buckets: 0/5
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