Best french horror film ever?
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mfentruck — 14 years ago(August 18, 2011 09:53 PM)
Hello. I'm watching it right now and it's scaring the beep out of me! I love horror movies but there are only a few that really creep me out and most of them are French. I would say so far it's one of the creepiest I have seen.
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georgegates — 14 years ago(March 03, 2012 06:58 AM)
They aren't all crap. And the "classification Hollywood" is typically errantly applied.
It's just that there must be a gazillion of American morons who mix the good and the bad together like a banana-split smoothie.
Despite my best efforts I often end up dabbling in unwatchable piss and beep such as e.g. Red State , 3/10
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HeyFoxymophandlemama — 13 years ago(June 28, 2012 10:21 PM)
You really thought this was as good as Martyrs? This had the dumbest characters in any horror movie I've ever seen and that's saying a lot. It could be a drinking game. Slam a shot every time someone is stupid.
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adamsmo — 14 years ago(August 29, 2011 08:06 PM)
I don't know. There are others that are good for different reasons Ils (Them), because of the suspense. Calvaire, because it just manages to be creepy. And this one for just the adrenaline rush it gives
There are others. But those three are the cream of the crop for me. And for the record, I would rate Martyrs near the bottom of the French horror I've seen. Pretentious drivel. Only Sheitan, In My Skin, and a couple of others are of lower quality. Frontier(s) would be another recommendation, though it's another Texas Chainsaw Massacre clone, similar, but not quite as good as Calvaire. -
scotty999 — 14 years ago(September 03, 2011 11:11 AM)
Ils was great..at least for the first half, full of suspense and tension but then went downhill rapidly during the completely terrible final 35 mins or so. Calvaire was atmospheric but otherwise rubbish and Sheitan was also terrible, I haven't seen In my Skin. Frontiers was ok nothing more but Inside and High Tension are the best imo.
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mfentruck — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 02:09 AM)
I don't know. There are others that are good for different reasons Ils (Them), because of the suspense. Calvaire, because it just manages to be creepy. And this one for just the adrenaline rush it gives
god I loved Ils so much but I got very depressed when I went to the message board because everyone seemed to hate it so I couldn't talk about it with anyone
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Valentina84 — 14 years ago(September 05, 2011 06:01 AM)
you should also try 'the vanishing (1988)' which is a french-dutch horror movie.
there is not even a spill of blood but it is scary as hell trust me:)
and a spanish low budget movie 'la habitacion del nino' (baby's room)
awesome horror movie also!!!!
and trust me I am a good horror fan
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scotty999 — 14 years ago(September 05, 2011 08:11 AM)
oh yeah The Vanishing is fantastic, I have the Criterion release but I would class that as dutch. Not really shocking or scary nowadays but chilling and brilliant all the same.
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mfentruck — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 02:08 AM)
you should also try 'the vanishing (1988)' which is a french-dutch horror movie.
there is not even a spill of blood but it is scary as hell trust me:)
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oltarsh — 14 years ago(January 17, 2012 12:07 AM)
"Inside" is too stupid to be frightening, and too idiotic and ridiculous to be upsetting. It cannot compare with an intelligent and entirely believable film such as Laugier's "Martyrs." Can't you tell the difference? Other intelligent and believable films of horror would include Sluizer's "The Vanishing" (only the original Dutch production), Haneke's "Funny Games" (preferably the original Austrian production), and Noe's "Irreversible."
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warbi_2000 — 12 years ago(December 29, 2013 10:09 PM)
It is funny that you would mention Irreversible and Inside as I would say the same thing except reversed. Irreversible has the most idiotic, annoying, selfish protagonist that I have ever seen. After his girlfriend appeared in the movie, I spent 99.9% of the rest of the film wondering why the woman, actually ANY woman, would be with him. Hell, I don't even know why his friend didn't ditch him. He reminded me of a high school boy, maybe even special ed. The film lacked any "shocking" moments and didn't have any suspense. After watching the movie the only thing I felt was disappointment that I watched it and even more disappointment that I had spent money on it. Maybe the antics of the protagonist were supposed to be comical. The Vanishing was a pretty good film as I remember it. It's the one where the guy's wife disappears, right? I haven't seen Funny Games or Martyrs. Yeah, I checked out The Vanishing. I have seen both versions- whichever one has the rose garden is the best.
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georgegates — 14 years ago(March 03, 2012 07:06 AM)
I don't take people recommending quarter-century old horror-flicks, seriously.
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