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Inside (Unrated)
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Manufacturer: Genius Products (TVN)
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Directed By: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo
Audience Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Theatrical Release: August 28, 2008
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Beatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin
Four months after pregnant Sara loses her husband in a horrific auto accident, she is visited on Christmas Eve by a mysterious madwoman. Alone and desperate to save her unborn child, Sara fights to stay alive as each of her potential rescuers die at the womans sadistic hands.
User Submitted Inside (Unrated) Reviews
August 27, 2008
She should have gone Outside
Plot in a nutshell- The night before a very-pregnant woman is scheduled to have her baby delivered, she gets a strange visit. Terror insues.
Entertaining but Sick. Started off great (really great) then kind of runs out of steam near the end and just becomes an excuse for a lot of gore. Plot begins to run paper thin in the last half hour. I'd say if it wasn't for the pure stupidity of the french police officers, "Inside" would have been a much better movie. Either way its well worth a watch for any fan of gore.
*"Inside" is a French flick with options for English subtitles as well as English dubbing. (The dubbing was pretty crappy just to warn you.)
August 24, 2008
Hardcore and unsettling.........
This is a really good horror flick from France. Good acting, story and effects add it up for me. I watch a lot of horror and have a huge collection so it's not easy to unsettle me but this did a pretty good job. Definetly worth a look.
August 21, 2008
A French splatter/home-invasion horror flick that'll get INSIDE your brain, baby!
This calls for another song, like in my "Machine Girl" review!!! This time, sing to the tune of "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory":
My eyes have seen the glory of the gore inside "Inside"
Even though the jugs and booty they have thus chosen to hide
There's no nudity, but all the same, this flick has lots of gore
It has won over my heart.
(drum fill)
There's a pregnant babe alone on Christmas Eve and due next day
A gorgeous freak who wants to take her unborn child away
There is violence with scissors, guns and even a hair dryer
This film will blow your mind!
(another drum fill)
There's a car of cops who all get killed in a bloody, ol' display
And a criminal who also gets wasted before the dawn of day
The foxy murderer just won't give up, but you ask why?
She explains in the end.
(yet another drum fill)
The heroine is stuck covered in gore in her bathroom
The angel of her death attempts to open the door to doom
And in only 80 minutes, this film will knock you off your feet
This bloodbath's really neat.
Well, I hope you win the war that's fought between seeing this movie or not. I'm against the war, in fact, my Dad even protested Vietnam about a dozen times, so when it comes to "Inside", there should be no inner war as to see it or not! CHECK THIS MOVIE TODAY!!! Thanks for the time, and peace.
August 16, 2008
Another sick & gory ultraviolent terror flick from France!
Some time ago I read in a German horror movie magazine about INSIDE (or A l'INTERIEUR in French). The reviewer commented how extreme and tough to watch this film was even for him as seasoned horror vet.
I have to agree with the reviewer in this magazine. INSIDE is unbelieveably sick and gory for a mainstream horror film.
Newspaper photographer Sarah is far advanced in pregnancy, but depressed nonetheless, as her husband was killed in a car crash some months ago. She is about to spend a lonely Christmas Eve at home, when a black clad woman threatens her. Sarah calls the police, who can find no trace of the female intruder. The cops leave and Sarah goes to sleep. Her nightmare is only just beginning, as the black clad intruder returns, hell bent to cut Sarah's baby out of her womb...
I will not go into more detail here, but only assure you that it is highly unlikely that you will get to watch an equally gory and disturbing film anytime soon. The movie is sooo sick it beggars belief. And I am an avid fan of horror and gore, of extreme movies of all kind.
The pregnancy of Sarah adds enormous to the unpleasantness. We even get to see the agony of the fetus in the womb! I have not seen something like that before!
And rarely have I seen such insane bloodshed in a film...
INSIDE is no cheapo direct-to-video trash, where rivers of blood should make up for basement production values and gross splatter special effects are laughable due to lack of funds.
No way. INSIDE is a decently budgeted film with top league actors. Beatrice DALLE who plays the vicous killer is an accomplished actress with starring credits in lots of arthouse movies. She may not be a household name in the United States, but DALLE is well known in Europe.
As for the final plot twist and the female killer's identity and motivation (I won't give it away, so don't worry!) I have to say that it did not really surprise me and I am sure that most viewers will expect something of its kind.
Cinematography and score are exceptional and add enormous to the grim athmosphere. The fact that almost the entire movie (except for the lethal car accident and a few scenes in the hospital at the beginning) takes place in Sarah's house (in just a couple of rooms to be precise) give a tense feeling of hopelessness. The close quarters are very cleverly utilized for maximum shock effect.
INSIDE also has some political subtext (if you will), as there are references to the recent mass riots; the cops who return to Sarah's house to check on her, come with an arrested rioter in tow.
Not just in this regard INSIDE reminds one of FRONTIER(S), the
other extreme French horror film (which also has a pregnant heroine!).
As for special features there is the trailer, which sells the film well, and a making-of. The latter runs about 50 minutes or so. I found it very interesting. Beatrice DALLE, Alysson PARADIS and other actors comment on their respective roles and the shot. Both DALLE and PARADIS come across as very likeable women, who had much fun during filming. Much attention is given to the special effects and how they were accomplished. Almost all of the F/X were physical (makeup, props, etc), thankfully there is very very little of the damned computer effects (just a CGI enhanced shot in the head).
This great terror movie comes with the highest recommendation. One last comment: If you like INSIDE, you have to check out the other recent French terror flick, FRONTIER(S) ! It is more conventional and slightly less gory than INSIDE, and while FRONTIER(S) is not exactly a feel good movie either it is not the relentless nihilistic descent into hell like INSIDE. (I still prefer FRONTIER(S).) Anyway, fans of extreme horror need both!
August 5, 2008
What she wants is INSIDE
Since I watched this movie about 2 months ago, there have been 2 cases of babies being ripped from their mothers' wombs, and both babies survived. A review I read made the statement that INSIDE improbably combines horror fanboy glee and real tragedy and this is true. Both female leads are very very good. Beatrice Dalle comes across like the Angel of Death as she slips into Alyson Paradis' world. There are no concessions to reality - once the film makes its first kill after 15 minutes or so, the viewer is dragged through a degrading nightmare. Yes it's very bloody stuff, but the film has a poise and artistry which are almost relaxing. This dvd promises to get as many plays as my Dark Sky edition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - it's upsetting and adrenalising. All the way through I was routing for the baby to survive, and one of the most incredible moments is Paradis, heavily pregnant covered in gore, extemporising a spear from household items and stalking her assailant through a suburban home that has suddenly been plunged into the dark ages. Dark, literally, atavistic, in that survival for the next five minutes (a la Texas Chainsaw) is the only thing on anybody's mind . . . except for Dalle's. She just wants that baby.
July 27, 2008
What a way to demolish a rather promising movie!
!!!WARNING! SPOILERS!!! This movie has got to have one of the most idiotic plots ever. It starts off great. Is quite good through the first 40 minutes or so (though too gory for my tastes). But the moment the cops arrive to check on the heroine, it begins to dreadfully go south. In the last 20 minutes it becomes so absurd and silly that I caught myself wondering whether I was watching a horror movie, or a horror spoof. I'm not a doctor, but I know quite a few, and I'm pretty sure that no one would survive 5 minutes (let alone walk around) after being stabbed with huge scissors in the bellybutton, poked in the throat with a stick, smacked in the head with a toaster, and generally speaking whomped and thrown about the way our heroine does during the course of this movie... While pregnant! No way in heck would an unborn baby survive everything its mother is put through in this film. A woman whose water has broken would be doubled over in debilitating pain every 5 to 3 minutes as her contractions worsen (that I know from personal experience). And didn't they have medical consultants on the set to teach them that C-sections are performed by cutting horizontally just above the mons pubis, not vertically up from the bellybutton? To top it all off, the way the cops behave is totally asinine. What would any cop do upon entering a place that looks like a slaughterhouse? He'd immediately call for back-up. Upon finding the suspect, he'd restrain her and search her. He'd NOT handcuff himself to the perp who's already in his car being brought in for questioning, and drag him along into the slaughterhouse. He'd NOT turn his back to allow the psycho to blow his brains out. He'd NOT leave a pregnant, bloodied victim on her own when the lights suddenly go out while he goes off to look for breaker box. Please, it's like watching retards play policemen! Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.
July 26, 2008
Inside was stuck inside my head for a long time, scary as hell
Let me start off by saying that i watched this film about a month ago, and it's still stuck in the back of my mind. It's got everyhting, it's gory, and scary as hell. I have recommended this film to many people, people need to see this masterpiece. The voice overs were great except for the police officer, just didn't sound convincing.
This film is worth every penny i spent, and i'll leave it that.
July 24, 2008
Fails in pretty much every aspect of film making
Oh man, oh man, oh man, what to say about your typical run of the mill modern day horror film? Not much, as that's what they are, nothing worth noting or remembering. And Inside is just another one of those, like High Tension, where if the amount of gore a film possessed determined it's brilliance than Citizen Kane and The Godfather would have some harsh competition for greatest film of all time.
But copious amounts of gore do not make a film good, ever; this is the same boring garbage as the Saw films, some of you kiddies will be quick to disagree, but it's true, deal with it. There's sort of a story, but who cares, because there's tons of blood and stuff.
Inside contains not even the remotest semblance of merit in any regards; there is no suspense, no desire to care about Sarah (whom I'm assuming we're supposed to care about, unless the directors were just doing a poor job of being typically French film makers; here's some people, good or bad, doesn't matter, just watch.) The use of sharp noises is so redundant and expected that one can't help but let out a laugh at how stupid it is.
Stupid is a keyword when discussing this mess of a film; the story is so unoriginal that it would have taken quite a bit to make it at least seem fresh and interesting, but these boys couldn't even bother with that; hey, here's the same old Argento inspired, but not nearly close to the level of genius in his heyday, garbage.
It's not a horror thriller, because there are no thrills, and definitely no horror; it's a slasher, plain and simple; the lowest level of cinema in it's purest.
The acting is really terrible, and the editing in parts was like rejected footage from a Korn video.
Skip it and watch Audition instead.
July 24, 2008
Gory Great!
I was totally unprepared when I began watching this masterpece of terror. I read several reviews and googled it and thought it might be ineresting since I'm a terror/horror addict. Wow, the movie hooked me in from the very beginning and by the final frame, I wanted a long, hot bath--to wash away the ocean of blood and guts unleashed during the 2 hour running time. The performances by the two main women was simply amazing. One of them is having a baby and the other one wants it. There begins a battle of wits and body. My only questions are minor: why did the victim call the police and they came by to check on an intruder and then left. Why didn't she just move into a hotel for the night. Instead, she goes back to sleep, knowing there's a human monster hiding out somewhere near. Towards the end, when the cops are blown away and the backup comes in, he spends precioius minutes--surrounded by dead bodies--as he tries to get the power back on. Why didn't he race out to his car and call for backup? These questions are minor however since the French cast and crew keep us riveted to the electrifying actions of our two female performers. This movie is definitely not for kiddies or those easily sickened by bloody violence. This is one great movie!
July 16, 2008
Getting Inside the Violence
I saw this film because it's been recommended on various web sites. Here in the UK, the film has not been released in any form so far, which is a great shame.
This film totally rocks - it has violence and gore to the limit and a suspenseful, well thought-out storyline. I was very pleasantly surprised because being a bit of a gorehound (New York Ripper, Cannibal Holocaust, Aftermath etc.), most films that are meant to be 'disturbing' or 'gory' are neither - take Cabin Fever for instance, so much hype and yet the film was a big let-down. Not so with this French flick - it delivers, and then some. It's well made, very well acted and the violence is just the right tempo for the mood of the piece. Who ever thought that a pair of scissors could do so much damage?
If you're a gorehound or a horror fan, check this out - though make sure you get the unrated version, far more fun.
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