This is a pretty odd little French slasher, that is more concerned
about creating an artistic and dark atmosphere than telling a story.
You could say that this movie is taking a bit of a more artistic
approach to the genre but unfortunately this doesn't exactly make the
movie very interesting or exciting to watch. It does a horrible job at
building up- and handling its tension and all of its other horror
ingredients.
The film-makers had probably seen a couple of slashers but it doesn't
feel like they understood the genre as well. They thought that it was
enough to just have a dark atmosphere, throughout the entire movie but
this dark atmosphere actually starts to work against the movie. All of
the killings are way too dark for instance and it makes it hard to tell
what is exactly going on at time. The darkness also ensures that the
movie feels pretty tame with its gore, though with a bit more light the
movie still could had been a gore-fest, since it has some pretty
gruesome killings in it actually.
The story in its core is pretty standard but it loves to see itself as
something clever and original. Not that the movie feels pretentious but
it's just so that the average movie watcher will find very little
original and surprises in this movie, no matter how hard the movie
tries at times. You also really won't feel involved with the story at
all, or with any of the characters that are in it.
Best thing I can say about the movie is that I didn't hated watching
it. I therefore am also going to be quite mild with my rating but still
it really isn't a movie that is worth checking out.
5/10
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