Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Johan Louwet The cast in this movie is pretty unknown except for Zelda Rubinstein who Poltergeist fans must remember as the little psychic lady with the kiddish voice. She is awesome in the role of the mother of a man working in a hospital. She possesses the power of hypnosis which she uses on her son John who goes on a killing spree. After John has killed his victims he cuts their eyes out to add to his collection. After 20 minutes we as viewer realize we are not the only ones watching this movie. We find ourselves in a theater where people are watching the adventures of John and his dominant mother as well. The hypnosis and the killings renders some people unwell. At one point one of the viewers must have been hypnotized that much she goes like copying killer John in some way. When John continues his killing spree in a theater we switch between scenes in two different theaters and it's sometimes hard to follow which adds to the tension. A very clever idea of the director to make this a movie within a movie and confuse the hell out of the viewers. Even though the ending was quite predictable and a little dumb that didn't take my enjoyment away for this brilliant piece of filming.

Abyss47 Wow, this was one crazy and memorable film, to say the least, and that final shot was the icing on the cake.I've seen too many movies with great premises that wind up underutilizing them, but this one more than lived up to its own. Zelda Rubinstein creeps me out in every film I see her in, and this was no exception. Every time she appeared on screen, I wanted her to get right back off, a similar feeling I had while watching her in "Poltergeist". Except here, I got the sense that she was born to play that role. The movie just wouldn't have been the same without her....presence. In fact, she's the most memorable actor in it. The whole movie's a mind-bending experience though, and one that's best not to read about before watching. It's simply hard to look away. The piercing screams, the building suspense, the cool visual tricks, and the idea that every character in the film is in deep trouble all made me feel apart of the experience. I was completely sucked in. Hopefully other people who see it for the first time have the same sort of attachment to it. Things get chaotic fast early on, and it just continues to get more and more insane before reaching an ending I honestly didn't expect. This is the type of film that Scream 4 tried to be, but failed.R.I.P. Bigas Luna. In a way, the man was ahead of his time. Those who are fans of David Lynch and surreal films in general should definitely seek this out.

Siamois The core concept of this film is watching a slasher movie about people in a theater... who are watching a slasher movie themselves. The main idea certainly has merits and a lot of potential but alas, writer and director Bigas Luna never achieves it.The first slasher (the movie within the movie) has occult and psychedelic overtones but is rather silly. It does feature the only two actors worthy of the title in Lerner and Rubinstein. The second film is uninspired at best and features awful acting all around. Both suffer from drawn out scenes that go absolutely nowhere.The most excitement regarding Anguish is when you first discover you are watching a movie within a movie and then, you wait for something clever to happen... except it never does. Poorly written, shot, acted and edited, Anguish will mostly be remembered as a cool idea that may have been ahead of its time.

Leonard Smalls: The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse I had no idea what I was in for with this one and I was really impressed. There was actually a point in "Anguish" that I got a little nervous.It begins as a disturbed mama's boy goes crazy and, with the help of his uber-creepy mommy, starts offing people and cutting out their eyes. It's disgusting too, almost Fulci-like on the gore level at times. Then, there is the twist. I won't spoil it, but I will say this: I was not expecting it at all. I think it made the movie a lot more interesting and enjoyable.The most confusing thing to me about this film is the fact that I had never heard of it before. What the hell? It's very well done and original, great acting and awesome plot. Where has this been hiding? Thank you Blue Underground.8 out of 10, kids.