NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

music_lovor This was a horrific watch. I would never recommend it to anyone. I understand some people have a different taste but this was not a horror. I have way too many questions after watching this. Why would you be friends with someone as crazy as Lucie, shes scarey as hell and gets u into trouble. Why would u go help your murderous friend? If u need to help her why would you insist on staying in the house? Why would you stay even after she killed herself? Why would you call ur mom from that house? Why would you go to the basement? And the reinforced trap door? And thats only the beginning of my questions.I felt sick. It was horrific, which im sure was the aim. But all of that for what, nothing.. Its a whole load of torture for nothingIt didnt even have a satisfying end

taylor058-902-78052 One thing that I have noticed about some of the reviews on this film is how bloody, gorey, violent, etc. it is and how it's violent to just be violent. I cannot agree with that statement at all. The film tells a story of revenge at first and then shifts to a psychological thriller for the second half. Lucie is the first half and her story is to make you sympathize with the character while Anna's story is meant to provoke thought. When Lucie'sstory was being shown there was a moment where I thought maybe she had killed this family of four for no reason other than she mistook them for her captors 15 years earlier. I was on the fence about it and so was Anna when she tries to help the wife escape until Lucie kills her with a hammer. It isn't until Lucie ends her own life and Anna finds a woman that has been kept down in their torture room for at least 15 years, did I realize that Lucie wasn't crazy and really truly sympathized with her character. After freeing the woman some people in all black come in and kill the girl and take Anna prisoner as they subject her to horrible experiments designed to break her will and cause her to give up all hope. After awhile she finally does this and upon "letting go" she is able to become a witness, or martyr, and see into the afterlife without having died. This is what the cult like group wanted all along. They wanted to have the knowledge of what was on the other side. The head of the group, a rather old women, comes and asks Anna what she saw. Anna whispers to her what it was but we as the audience never actually know what is said. It is after this that the woman goes into the bathroom and takes her own life. But before she does this she tells one of her servants to "keep denying" when talking about the afterlife. This statement is what the entire film is about. Denial is what keeps us going and keeps us from doing certain things. In the case of the writer it was stopping him from killing himself since he wrote the film while being horribly depressed. Not knowing what the afterlife holds helped him realize he didn't need to kill himself, because if we know what lies behind death then life would be meaningless.

RileyOnFilm Gore and blood are the hallmark of horror films. In this case, they are definitely present. In fact, this film fits nicely into the category of films that has been emerging in past decades called "body horror." IN truth, it's one of the best. A movie that visits pain or disfigurement on its characters and makes you think, "I hope that never happens to me," qualifies as body horror. You can feel, in a sense, what is happening to the protagonist as if it were happening to you.Yes, we definitely can categorize this as body horror. Through a good part of the beginning in fact, I began to think it was just that but I was so mistaken. There are "people vs. the establishment" themes going on here. There is an empathetic look at suffering, especially of women. There is a supernatural aspect that for me was never really "fleshed out" but certainly got me thinking. I have a word to the wise if you haven't yet seen this film and plan to: Go in knowing there is a story but let all your expectations fall away. This film attacks victimization and vengeance in an all new way I can guarantee exists nowhere else in horror.Something should be said about this original film: it's following remake is nothing like it and should only be seen after the original. Read only non spoiler reviews and the IMDb summary before seeing it. Body horror fans and standard horror fans must see this film, it is glorious.

dandbone I had it for a long time in my watching queue. I'm not much into horror movies which deal with torture, but this one was well worth it. Yes, there is torture, and I'm not sure what is harder to watch, the part that is shown, or the part that isn't.The first half of the movie didn't feel surprising. There were a few small twists, but nothing to predict the second half. Though some of the scenes were hard to stomach, the movie kept me guessing until the end. And it was a horror movie end, utterly devoid of hugs and kisses.The reason I think this movie was great, is that there was a philosophical angle to it. Though there is no talk or even mention of religion, they went from screams and slashing straight to Jesus Christ and the meaning of life and death in one flash (maybe less than 5 minutes). That's some brave artistry.I won't spoil the movie, for those who want to watch it, but do yourselves a favor, and toss that Eli Roth and Tom Six garbage into the trash bin and watch this instead.