french (horror) cinema has made a few good films the past years, somehow the Eurostyle filming, the landscape and the violence proved to be a rather stylish mix.
However with a couple of gems the road is clear for sub par stuff floating to the surface, and this movie is one of the latter.
the setup is cliché, girl picks up hitchhiker, hitchhiker disappears , girl investigates and finds more then she bargained for. First the good stuff:
and the bad stuff
Getting a cookie for the effort, nothing more.
However with a couple of gems the road is clear for sub par stuff floating to the surface, and this movie is one of the latter.
the setup is cliché, girl picks up hitchhiker, hitchhiker disappears , girl investigates and finds more then she bargained for. First the good stuff:
- Scenery.. yeah take a look at that great gloomy french countryside and you would probably turn into a killer too, or commit suicide, in other words, scenery and photography is great. - the ghouls..or monsters, original make up work, decent back story -the main villain..great acting work
and the bad stuff
- plot.. come on guys, you got enough in the mix to make this worthwhile, good monsters, even a siege.. but it doesn't connect with each other and the loose elements remain just that..even the big buildup ( illogical but hey) towards the siege amounts to a whimper, blink and it is over. the " twist" ending is pathetic and misses any logic.. Even genre movies need some sort of structure and have to abide by their own logic, this movie doesn't and basically betrays the viewer with the ending.
- Our main female lead isn't strong enough, this part asks a lot of emotions which she clearly cant handle.
- the monsters are underused to a degree its an insult, teasing us with images and a couple of minutes of action ( not to mention an intriguing back story).
Getting a cookie for the effort, nothing more.