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Nature Morte (2006)
Nature Morte - Size is not important!
I read a lot about this film before I see it so was very interested to watch it when it arrive yesterday. Some people love, and some people hate Nature Morte. All my favorite movies are like this.
First point, the cover is not a good indication of Nature Morte. It says "Hostel in Latex", I do not know "Nihilista Magazine" but I think the author see a different film to me. Maybe he just look at the picture on the box.
Nature Morte has big ambitition, it have a lot of locations and costumes and it wants to be a big movie. But I think that director Paul Burrows is not a very rich man!
The acting is OK, I like Jeso Vial, Carole Derrien and Laurent Guyon but maybe I am bias because they are all French. Some of the actors are not so good, but this is normal in small horror movies.
The colors in this movie are very nice, the picture is sometimes to dark, but for me, this is only a small problem. I read some people think it is more like an Italian thriller from the 1970s, but I do not think so. It is more like an art movie but has blood,sex and a it has a very detailed and very good story. This is the strength of this movie, it is very original. I have not seen another movie like Nature Morte before.
I like Nature Morte a lot and I give it 8/10. If it have more money it maybe could have been a 10/10.
The Cottage (2008)
The Cottage - 5/10 horror 9/10 comedy
If you are expecting horror, you will be disappointed. It is a little like Severance, it is a comedy based in a horror story. It has some gory moments, but like all horror comedies, cannot be a proper horror as it is does not try to make you scared.
Fortunately, the script is excellent,very funny, and the actors, (particularly Andy Serkis) are brilliant and that makes The Cottage a very entertaining movie.
I did see a magazine advertisement for this "Starring Doug Bradley". This is a bit misleading, as his is only a very small cameo role. But, this is not important, because the movie is great.
I liked this more than Severence and Shaun of the Dead, and that is a big complement as I bought those also. 9/10.
Insanitarium (2008)
Insanitarium
I did not like the corny macho lines from a Scharzenegger movie as the hero kills the crazy cannibals, but this is a small problem because it does everything very well and is much much better than many more expensive horror. The actors look like they had a good time playing the patients in the hospital and they make an excellent job. The bad guys do not try to be too real, but take it seriously enough not to end up a a silly comedy. I like this.
I think the director loves horror movies and watches them a lot. I expect he is very happy with this movie, and I like this also. I will watch out for this guy.
Many modern ( and old) horror movies have some great scenes but have so many bad ones that the result is not good when you watch it all together. This is not true of Insanitarium, the story an old one but a good one and moves along fast. It is also very bloody with a crazy finale that tells you this is not a Hollywood type movie.
In summary, Insanitarium is not original, but it is very entertaining. I give it 8/10.
The Black Dahlia (2006)
The Black Dahlia -
I wish I knew about IMDb before I watched this movie twice!
I saw this movie in France last year. I thought it was very bad, but I like Biran De Palma movies so I thought perhaps is is a bad translation and the movie will make more sense in English. So this week I finally watch a US DVD.
It is still very very bad, maybe it is worse.. I don't understand why De Palma could make this. I think maybe he was drinking a lot and forget the story and make a new one every day, then he just try to make a nice montage at the end.
I give it 4/10 for the clothes and the cars and Scarlett Johansson, all these things look nice, everything else is so horrible I have to deduct 1. 3/10.
Razor Blade Smile (1998)
Razor Blade Smile
This is a very cheap movie, the actors are never going to make movie stars, but this is normal for this genre. Fortunately it has a good story,
and Elieen Daly looks very sexy, the montage is good and it has some nice shots.
It is different to see England make this kind of movie, which are normally made in the USA, so it looks different to usual modern vampire movies.
I have not seen any other film from Jake West but I will be interested to see what happen when he has more money.
I gave this 6/10 and think it is a good movie for if you like sexy vampires and can see passed the limits of the money.