Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

shaunpegg * contains spoilers (if you even care)* Now, I might have went into this film with the wrong attitude. I was expecting a full-on gory slasher. However, this is not what I got. OK, so the film begins with a mother reading her child a story. Then the mom gets killed by somebody strangling her with a rope. Then, we meet the group of teenagers, driving along in the woods to go perform a play. They get to the house and NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING exciting happens for about 20-25 minutes! So, then they go into the woods (except for Sophie, who stays behind). By this time I REALLY wanted to see someone chopped up with an axe or stabbed or something. But no. Instead, when one of the girls comes back, she takes a shower and then gets killed by the killer ramming her face into the mirror and then holding her head underwater. That's probably the most exciting kill in the whole movie, and it didn't excite me at all. Well, then the whole group comes back and so on and so forth. I'll let you see the rest. Sure, the twist ending was slightly surprising, but by then, I didn't really care. One more thing about one of the characters though: Sophie's laugh is extremely annoying. Just shut up! But about the movie: Please do not see this if you are a fan of blood and guts stuff. This has very little. It was extremely disappointing to me and I'm sure it will be to you. The acting and story were both pathetic and it had absolutely nothing to excite.

TdSmth5 Stylish, confusing, full frontal nudity- it's got to be French. A group of teenage performers is hired to perform for a rich mysterious recluse and his son living in a castle in the middle of the woods. Things get stranger and stranger and eventually people start dying in rather violent and original ways. All of the house inhabitants are creepy characters. What is really unique about this movie and makes it worthwhile is how stylish it is. The movie looks great and there are some original shots and camera angles. While there are movies made entirely as an exercise in style, this one is not only stylish but has a story. This is not one of those gross out horror movies with people covered in dry blood and dirt. The nudity was also surprising and nice. While the story is unclear it's not one of those convoluted stories that forces you to give up looking for meaning, here you do want to find out what's going on. Highly recommended for those who are looking for a stylish and different kind of horror movie.

José Luis Rivera Mendoza (jluis1984) The debut of french director Lionel Delplanque is a strange horror film that serves as tribute to two apparently similar but different horror sub genres: The Italian Giallo and the American Slasher.The plot is quite typical: A group of young actors is hired by a mysterious rich man to go to his castle and perform the "Little Red Riding Hood" tale for his son in his birthday.The plot gives us everything a slasher demands: a young and very photogenic cast, a location where nobody can escape (the castle is located deep in the forest) and the "theme", in this case, the Little Red Riding Hood.Nevertheless, while the story moves pretty straightforward as any typical horror movie would go; the whole visual aspect is more in tone with the stylistic beauty of the Italian Giallo, with creepy Gothic atmospheres and a beautiful contrast of colors, red being the predominant of course.The cinematography shines and the visuals are of enormous beauty. The location is perfect for the movie and the handle of colors is awesome. Sadly (or fortunately?), most of the time this make you forget the clichéd plot full with twist ending.The acting is quite average, with François Berléand being the only worth mentioning, giving an outstanding performance as the eccentric millionaire. As many reviews have pointed out, the director seemed more concerned in the beauty of his composition than in directing his actors.The script is good, and even when it has scenes that border absurd (like any scene with the clichéd cop), it also includes beautiful surreal scenes, particularly in the killings; clearly inspired by Giallo movies.The film is worth a look, since the atmospheric suspense it develops is almost a rarity nowadays. Also, the beauty of its photography is something that must be seen to be believed. Don't expect too much and you'll be rewarded. 6/10

lomo_the1 This "film" should be presented at all levels of film courses especially the scripting ones because it has so many flaws in plot and lacks so many parts of a feature film that one can hardly imagine better tool for explaining what should the story for the movie be like.I don't understand that high ranking it got and some comments about other levels of depths of the story made me laughing loud.After first 20 minutes I was angry at myself because I picked the film for my friends but then I was enjoying every illogical turn of the plot, dialogue and acting of characters under given circumstances just for fun.I have no doubt that had Monty Python been still in action they wouldn't let this one pass unnoticed-one of the most absurd charcters was the policeman/detective -when he first appeared on screen -just what was this? At the end one of my friends added "and now there will be a shot on a raven and finish" and after it happened just that we laughed through the credits maybe trying to forget how dull and boring this french "masterpiece" was.