u00c0 L'Intérieur or Martyrs?
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sofianXmXh — 9 years ago(May 18, 2016 04:46 AM)
l'intrieur, hands down. Martyrs wasn't shocking.. besides, somebody could actually try to snatch your baby (and actually succeed in doing so) while nobody would torture young girls for some pseudo-deep philosophical ideas.
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afrodome — 9 years ago(February 11, 2017 01:35 PM)
L'Intrieur by a long shot. The complaints I often hear are that the characters were absurd, outlandish and unrealistic, but I felt it was appropriate because Inside is essentially a nightmare portrayed on screen. The violence in Inside is very flamboyant and at times unrealistic but to me it was a bit of a honorary nod to Dario Argento. There's this feeling of mischief from the get-go because there isn't one likable character to root for, and everyone has something sly snarky to say, and it's funny at times. That element, for me, adds a little campiness and makes it even more entertaining. Not to mention La Femme is terrifyingly psychotic and twisted with less sympathy than Michael Myers. The film is a splatter fest of gore but what kept my eyes glued was the unrelenting tension.
Martyrs, to me, was an experiment in making an audience feel like complete garbage. It was an exercise in depressing viewers. It's odd how these 2 are compared because the only thing they share is the language, and that they both fall under 'horror'. It's deliberately sadistic but the message is discordant and bitter (I think Pascal did that deliberately) and you're not horrified or shocked, just heavy and glum.
I suggest you guys check out 7 Days (Les 7 jours du talion) from 2010. It's a French language film (filmed in Quebec) and has that 'torture' theme, but it's one of the most moving horror movies I've seen in a while.