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Jamie's back with his take on the recent outburst of French horror movies.
French movie Horror-thon
Wow I have been behind. Had no idea the French were pumping out some good survival horror movies. Here are 4 reviews.
Them - I saw this 2 years ago and forgot it was French. I still remember it and how I felt after watching it. They say it was based on a true story which I can believe. The movie The Strangers copied from it. A couple go out to a house for the weekend and are terrorized by a few people. You do not know who it is. “Spoiler”
You find out it is about young kids around 12-16 and they like tormenting and killing people. It had some good drama and suspense what I was looking for. A low budget made it great.
Inside - A mom is preparing to have her baby the next day. She wants a night of rest by herself. A lady shows up and fucks everything up killing everyone . They were relying on scary jump scenes and shock value which worked. The ending was crazy not expecting it but I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Frontiers - France is in a state of unrest as the police fight the civilian mob. 4 people on the run from the police hold up out in the country in a hostel. This hostel is not what it appears to be and blood flows. Eli Roth’s Hostel was made before this so I thought they were going to copy it. Luckily they went a different direction.
I like crazy killer families if there done well, and this was. I cared for the main girl and wanted her to survive. Lots of blood and gore and I was loving it.
Martyrs - Well people are loving this and hating it. I guess I hate it.
I love the beginning it’s a mystery you have no idea what is going on or why. When they reveal it all it gets slow and boring. The reviews call this a true torture porn film. I have to disagree Eli Roth already did it better in Hostel.
A girl at age 15 escapes torture then is put in a orphanage. She befriends a girl that stays her friend. 15 years later she goes after the people that tortured her. A suspenseful horror it starts out then just gets to crazy. They had a great idea just fell short.
So if you never seen these movies I recommend them all. Its good to support horror anyway so they will keep making them. As long as France keeps trying and making movies like this and America settles for remakes the French will finally do something better than us. Here is the order I would see them.
Frontiers, Inside, Them, and Martyrs.
Special note - I have mentioned Eli Roth’s Hostel a few times in the review. I think he set the bar and showed us what could be done. Many people hate on him for some reason. So if your one that may discredit my reviews for you.
Jamie's back with his take on the recent outburst of French horror movies.
French movie Horror-thon
Wow I have been behind. Had no idea the French were pumping out some good survival horror movies. Here are 4 reviews.
Them - I saw this 2 years ago and forgot it was French. I still remember it and how I felt after watching it. They say it was based on a true story which I can believe. The movie The Strangers copied from it. A couple go out to a house for the weekend and are terrorized by a few people. You do not know who it is. “Spoiler”
You find out it is about young kids around 12-16 and they like tormenting and killing people. It had some good drama and suspense what I was looking for. A low budget made it great.
Inside - A mom is preparing to have her baby the next day. She wants a night of rest by herself. A lady shows up and fucks everything up killing everyone . They were relying on scary jump scenes and shock value which worked. The ending was crazy not expecting it but I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Frontiers - France is in a state of unrest as the police fight the civilian mob. 4 people on the run from the police hold up out in the country in a hostel. This hostel is not what it appears to be and blood flows. Eli Roth’s Hostel was made before this so I thought they were going to copy it. Luckily they went a different direction.
I like crazy killer families if there done well, and this was. I cared for the main girl and wanted her to survive. Lots of blood and gore and I was loving it.
Martyrs - Well people are loving this and hating it. I guess I hate it.
I love the beginning it’s a mystery you have no idea what is going on or why. When they reveal it all it gets slow and boring. The reviews call this a true torture porn film. I have to disagree Eli Roth already did it better in Hostel.
A girl at age 15 escapes torture then is put in a orphanage. She befriends a girl that stays her friend. 15 years later she goes after the people that tortured her. A suspenseful horror it starts out then just gets to crazy. They had a great idea just fell short.
So if you never seen these movies I recommend them all. Its good to support horror anyway so they will keep making them. As long as France keeps trying and making movies like this and America settles for remakes the French will finally do something better than us. Here is the order I would see them.
Frontiers, Inside, Them, and Martyrs.
Special note - I have mentioned Eli Roth’s Hostel a few times in the review. I think he set the bar and showed us what could be done. Many people hate on him for some reason. So if your one that may discredit my reviews for you.
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