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Un lac (2008)
,,The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing. In the north. The light is devoid of strength. The sun never climbs high in the sky. It remains on the horizon. Everything happens with great suddenness. Nothing prepares it. It just happens. The scenes are somehow connected underground, by deep currents…
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Evil Rising (Sauna) (2008)
contemplative and alarmingly beautiful, evil rising stands for a slow-paced and clear-cut perspective on past wrong doings ridden with unshakable guilt, deadly sins and fake redemption that comes in the form of a solitary concrete sauna. when tasked with assigning new borders between russia and finland, two brothers found their good intentions ravished by a…
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Tabu (2012)
Tabu is a 2012 Portuguese drama film directed by Miguel Gomes, the title of which references F. W. Murnau‘s homonymous silent film Tabu. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2153963/
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The Whisperer In Darkness (2011)
The Whisperer in Darkness is a screen adaptation of the classic tale by the horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Folklore professor Albert Wilmarth starts to investigate rumors of strange creatures that dwell in some remote hills of Vermont. He corresponds with an inhabitant of that area who sends him proof of these alien creatures. He sounds…
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Reality (2012)
Reality by Matteo Garrone is the Palme D’Or winner for 2012. You might know Garrone, one of the best contemporary Italian directors, from his award winning film Gomorrah. Reality tells the story of Luciano, a charismatic fishmonger and his sudden obsession to be on tv on the Big Brother show. Waiting for a response after…
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Funny Games (Michael Haneke 1997)
It seems that I missed out on many good movies these years. The better to by guided (my I dare say forced) to catch up with them. Fuck they even did a remake of this classic. That’s when it pays to have somebody to scare you just prior to watching this movie. After the first…
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Wake in Fright (Australia 1971)
Wake in Fright is definitely not a horror movie. But it depicts a relentless descent into the human/animal and more particularly outback inferno. It would really be unfair to cram it together with such classic cannibalistic and inbred hillbilly family shockers as the Texas Chainsaw or Hills have eyes. Why I am quoting them?! Only…