tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295641698816483686.post760174322694374542..comments2024-03-01T02:25:25.029-05:00Comments on Movie Feast: Ils (2006)Doug Tilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291634680094221868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295641698816483686.post-14435113293853968732008-10-28T13:50:00.000-04:002008-10-28T13:50:00.000-04:00I don't think Ils or Inside sets out to be sadisti...I don't think Ils or Inside sets out to be sadistic by design like the Japanese shock movies do. The Red Room and Guinea Pig movies are deliberately vile to the point of being obscene. <BR/><BR/>I think the French "new brutality" movies are just there to try to "out-terrify" current competition. <BR/><BR/>When comparing one to another, Them is a relatively bloodless movie next to Inside, which escalates into a friggin Wild West Show once the real dying starts.<BR/><BR/>Even so, the strange thing about Inside is that even though the violence is over the top, it is still presented in the good, old school slasher movie sorta way. <BR/><BR/>Instead of going for the "kewl kill" angle, the gruesome deaths in Inside continue to reinforce the fact that you REALLY should be frightened of the villain and what she is capable of.<BR/><BR/>The truly weird trend in French suspense and horror films appears to be the "scary redneck" movies.<BR/><BR/>I've yet to see Sheitan or Frontiers, but Calvaire has pretty much guaranteed that I'll never venture outside of Paris into the countryside if I ever find myself visiting France.J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480918434697880182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295641698816483686.post-49561596372184566522008-10-28T11:59:00.000-04:002008-10-28T11:59:00.000-04:00I'm really intrigued by your last two reviews, sin...I'm really intrigued by your last two reviews, since I love good horror films, but I'm somewhat leery of films that threaten to veer off into pure sadism. Not that I want to come off as moralistic, or anything--I'm in no way against gore (which I love), but I'm put off by films that seem to delight in cruelty.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638457313380556662noreply@blogger.com