French are not good at fantasy and horror movies ;this is another proof positive The carnival in the village with the (rather) scary masks and the first sequences in the gorges of the Devil might arouse our curiosity:they may be in Hell ,after all!Another strong point is not to show the "enemy" too soon.
But as soon as "they" appear,it's all over ,the plot becomes really silly , a parboiled cross between Conan Doyle 's "lost world " and the abduction of the Sabine women,with interventions of the "wild" "wicked" country people we have seen in too many movies since " 2,000 maniacs"
Dominique Pinon's sinister-looking face is not even fully exploited.
But as soon as "they" appear,it's all over ,the plot becomes really silly , a parboiled cross between Conan Doyle 's "lost world " and the abduction of the Sabine women,with interventions of the "wild" "wicked" country people we have seen in too many movies since " 2,000 maniacs"
Dominique Pinon's sinister-looking face is not even fully exploited.