Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Madilyn Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Joshua Tilleman As an (almost) everyday user of Esperanto and activist of the Israeli and world movements for 45 years, I cannot agree with the revue of Robert from San Francisco who said that "most of the actors do quite well with it". In fact, they (including Shatner whom I like very much) mispronounced their Esperanto text, primarily by wrong stressing -- in Esperanto the two-or-more syllable words are always accented at the last-but-one syllable. That is why, perhaps, it sounded for Robert as "a bit like a cross between Swedish and Latin", while, when properly pronounced, Esperanto sounds between Italian and Spanish. Still, I liked the film!

Bonehead-XL "Incubus" is a true oddity. I was surprised to discover it is neither the first nor the last film to be performed entirely in Esperanto but it is, doubtlessly, the most famous. It would be a very strange film, even without being filmed in an obscure, invented language. The decision to shot the story in Esperanto just furthers the movie's otherworldly atmosphere. "Incubus" feels like a fable from another place.The story is simplistic, playing almost like a Greek myth. On an island there is a monastery and, near-by, a spring with supposed healing properties that is also supposed to make whoever drinks from it beautiful. This attribute attracts a lot of vain, morally bankrupt people, so the island is also a gathering ground for demons. Succubi lure impure, corrupt men into the ocean and then drown them, holding their heads under the water. Kia, a young, proud succubus, longs to seduce a holy, pure man. Despite the objection of her fellow succubi, Kia's quest leads her to Marco, a war veteran living with his sister near the spring, hoping to heal his lingering war wounds. Marco immediately falls for Kia but can't bring himself to consummate the relationship. His pure love infects her, prompting the other succubi to unleash an incubus on the island in revenge. There's a solar eclipse, a blind girl wandering through the forest, a lot of religious imagery, and a savage goat attack.The movie feels very much like a 1960s art film. Certain shots recall both Bergman or early Polanski. When the succubus is brought to the chapel, when her evil soul is "raped by goodness," we get a lot of crash zooms on the religious icons, followed by a shifting, upside down shot of her running off. Early on, we get a drowning man's perspective, the camera shooting up through the water. Seeing Shatner bring his usual stilted style to Esperanto can be as exactly hilarious as you'd imagine. However, the movie is legitimately eerie and creepy at times. A dusty wind seems to being blowing at all hours on the island. The sequence were the Incubus is summoned is especially effective. A demon, his wings wide and huge, stands in an abandoned building, silhouetted in the shadows, fog blowing all around him. The ground shakes as the Incubus emerges from the dirt and mud. The film's latter half is shot entirely at night in deep, foreboding darkness. Even on DVD, it's sometimes hard to see what is happening. The climatic goat attack sounds absurd on paper but, in practice, it feels almost sincerely sacrilegious. The sparse score serves the otherworldly feel.The film was followed by a lot of bad luck. Two actors committed suicide, but not before one murdered Mickey Rooney's wife. Another actress had her child kidnapped and murdered. The production company went bankrupt and the film was lost for many years. The only existing print was found playing in Paris as a midnight movie. The French subtitles were burnt on the print which is why the DVD's English subtitles are so big and black, obscuring half of the screen at times. The DVD includes a sparse, frequently quiet, hilarious, melodramatic, no doubt lie filled audio commentary from William Shatner, a must-listen for fans of the actor's unique style. At only 75 minutes, "Incubus" is a quick watch and, considering how odd and unforgettable the film is, well worth your time.

bregund If you liked Vampyr (1932), then you'll probably like this film...it has virtually the same disconnected atmosphere, wandering script, and creepy special effects. I immediately recognized the music score from Outer Limits, which makes the film even creepier. And yes, Shatner still has that odd, halting way of speaking, even in Esperanto, but it's a treat to watch him, he's a decent enough actor. The California coastal settings are loaded with rich, wind-blown texture, and all in gorgeous black and white with plenty of contrast between shadows and light, and lots of fog machines. Even watching the characters wade across a shallow river is a treat, you can almost feel the water against your toes. Milos Milos is a hoot, he looks like an evil Spanish flamenco dancer.At the heart of the story is a doomed romance between Shatner and the succubus, whose scheming sister plots to separate the young lovers. I think this film, much like Vampyr, is a nice, immersive treat for a dark night, just sit back and let the film coax you into its bizarre world.

ajoyce1va I wouldn't call this film awful, compared, say, to a three hour Kevin Costner extravaganza or to any Ben Affleck rubbish you'd care to name. But it is pretentious, silly, and weird. Many of the comments above start with the decision of the screenplay's author to do it all in Esperanto. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time, but for me, the main effect was to persuade most of the cast to memorize and almost chant their lines rather than learn, internalize, and act them. Strangely, Shatner is the only member of the cast who tries to approach the dialog professionally, as if it were actually a dramatic role he's doing, with lines that have a real meaning, and not just something he's reciting for SAG scale.The thing that impressed me most about the film, apart from how good Marc's sister looked partially undressed, was the way the story is heavily imbued with Christian values. This influence appeared now and then in the old Outer Limits shows, but it's extremely rare to find such values in anybody's mainstream cinema, and even rarer in films like this one with pretensions to Bergmanesque artistry.Bottom line: rent it from Netflix for the oddity of it all, but don't take it seriously.And BTW, if Marc couldn't really kill the Incubus, how does the goat manage to kill Amael?