An Amsterdam Tale

I have this movie on DVD for years, and it's an interesting, underexposed Dutch movie. Unlike what the other reviewer posted, this is not a Horror movie, and not even in the slightest sense meant to be a Horror movie (I' d call it a Film Noir). It's about the very well known Red Light District in Amsterdam, and more about the crime scene evolving behind it. Something that the many (foreign) visitors of the area won't see, a world of well-dressed backstabbers and manipulating dames. Actors Joe Maruzzo(The Sopranos) and Sylvia Kristel (Emanuelle)give the film a more international appeal. The movie is shot with a limited budget, but if you can look trough that you'll see a side of Amsterdam you have not seen before.

If you are looking for a movie to just pass a lazy afternoon, then i would still not recommend this movie. You will feel cheated out of your time. The acting is between horrible and bad. The script is even worse!

It's supposed to be a horror movie set in Amsterdam, and the only thing that's right, is the setting. It's in Amsterdam. But it's not a horror movie. It's not even laughable-dumb horror.

The movie doesn't get you on the edge of your seat at any point. You will be too busy planning how you can bring pain to the person who made you look at this movie.

The lighting is poorly done: it's set all in darkness, but not an exciting kind of darkness, more of a "i can't see what they're doing and it annoys the hell out of me"-kind of darkness.

It's too bad they missed their chance of making a good movie; with the money they spent on it, it could have been a mediocre horror movie, which is always better than having people laugh when they hear your title ...