fredag 19 juli 2013

In Their Skin (2012)


 
In Their Skin (2012)
(Jeremy Power Regimbal)

The Hughes decides for a vacation in their isolated cottage on the countryside for an attempt to get the pieces together after the death of their daughter. Soon a mysterious family shows up and becomes quite intrusive. After they kick them out a nightmare begins they will never forget, if they survive.

Another entertaining, exciting terror movie that kept me awake throughout and a good directorial debut of Jeremy Power Regimbal . What caught my interest in this creeping chiller was that it kicks of right away with a few mysterious events and by the strange family that prompt invite themselves for a dinner. Who are they? What do they want? At this point you start to imagine the plot but because of the title I was fooled.

All the actors are doing great performances, even the dog Harris. What a name for a dog, can it been inspired by Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)? Who knows, if I get a dog someday I might name him Harris just because I´m a Maiden fan. Enough of that and lets get back to the movie.

The movie is based on suspense without any buckets of blood. These types of movies do not need blood and gore because the survival of the family gives you all you need. One scene to mention is the forced sex scene that comes as a surprise. I cannot say it´s big blockbuster but a good one a late night but don´t forget to lock your door.

If anyone understands the ending please leave a comment. I have my thought but I can´t get it to work.

3 of 5 Horrophobic score

 

torsdag 11 juli 2013

And Soon The Darkness (2011)



And Soon The Darkness (2011)
(Marcos Efron)
 
Two girls Stephanie & Ellie are on a bike trip in Argentina decide to take their own route and leave the rest of the group for have some fun. They end up in a small rural village but after some fuss they get separated for a while and when Stephanie decides to get back to Ellie she is gone. It´s something fishy about the village and she have to find her friend before it´s too late.
This is the typical “girl missing in wasteland” but a good one, not the best but good enough. The movie opens fantastic with a dirty girl tied up and tortured with electric shocks. I suppose that many of us horror geeks love those kinds of scenes, I do. After this scene the movie is quite slow moving, it takes some time before hell breaks loose on a good level. Instead we have to follow the girls on their enjoyable trip messing up with a poor guy in a bar. It looks like Ellie want to get laid and act very sexy and inviting. She meets Calvo and starts to “snog” with him but when she decides to drop him he gets angry and frustrated. I totally understand him, I had reacted the same.
Most of the movie is quite predictable but in some cases I got a bit surprised. Some people are involved in this terror drama but who is the bad guys? Calvo, the lazy police officer, the mystic white guy or what about the couple who runs the hotel? I will not tell you but I suppose you have a your thoughts. I had but not all the way…
I would gladly see more sleaze as Ellie is really bitchy and good looking, no boobs, no fucking, just an attempt to rape Ellie and she definitely deserves it (in the move of course). I enjoyed the movie anyway but maybe because I expected more of torture, rape & death. I you want this, skip this movie. If you want a mediocre entertaining flick a late evening it´s ok. Do not expect too much violence.
This is Marcos Efron first feature film and not a bad one so let’s see what he can come up with in the future.
3 of 5 horrophobic score.