French horror films are exactly like buses . You're waiting an entire life time for one to turn up and then several turn up all at once . This is probably down to me frequently tuning in to the Horror Channel rather than France upping their output of genre films . It's not so much horror as you'd get from the Hammer studio or George A Romero zombies shuffling around and is more like a gore drenched psychological thriller that owes a bit to john Woo's HARD TARGET and THE HUNGER GAMES as an investigative reporter comes across a story that may cost him his life
What THE HUNT is good at is creating an unsettling atmosphere . There is nothing more beautiful and tranquil as a deserted woodland . Now just imagine how different things are if it contains men who want to kill you . And that's what the film does brilliantly in conveying an intense sense of danger and menace that could be behind any tree . There's not a lot of dialogue but there's more than enough tension to keep you on the edge of your seat
That said it is a rather flawed film . Some people may respect the enigmatic nature of THE HUNT but the questions involved go unresolved . There's not a consistent tone to the film and the early scenes with Alex at the start of the film feel like they belong In another film entirely and the film suffers from a very abrupt ending that will have you scratching your head wondering if the budget had run out and the production had to stop there and then
What THE HUNT is good at is creating an unsettling atmosphere . There is nothing more beautiful and tranquil as a deserted woodland . Now just imagine how different things are if it contains men who want to kill you . And that's what the film does brilliantly in conveying an intense sense of danger and menace that could be behind any tree . There's not a lot of dialogue but there's more than enough tension to keep you on the edge of your seat
That said it is a rather flawed film . Some people may respect the enigmatic nature of THE HUNT but the questions involved go unresolved . There's not a consistent tone to the film and the early scenes with Alex at the start of the film feel like they belong In another film entirely and the film suffers from a very abrupt ending that will have you scratching your head wondering if the budget had run out and the production had to stop there and then