trashgang
This is a perfect example of a flick that will have his haters. It is a horror but it's filmed in an arty way. You really have to follow closely to catch it all. This isn't a no-brainer although after a while I knew who the killer was. But there's more going on, slowly you get to know what happened earlier. You really will get into the mind of Kai Koss (Kristoffer Joner) but as I said earlier it's done in an arty way and some will hate that because by doing so the director, Pål Øie, could add jump scene's with a ghost although it isn't a ghost story. Towards the end there are a few killings but it's shot really low on blood. The effects used was rather okay. A slow builder, surely a horror but for those who can dig arty flicksGore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5
IMDBer100575
I decided to watch this movie because I thought it'd be a good horror thriller. From the description, I thought it would be a lot more than it turned out to be.The ambiance was good. Lighting really set the mood, though there were way too many scenes that were too dark. Sound was also good, even during whisper scenes.The plot was not solid, but I'm not even sure I understand the plot. It seems, there was a tragic accident when two boys were little. One boy escaped a horrible life and the other boy got into a horrible life. Basically, a switchoff. From there, it's all haywire...so many questions about the logic of the movie; however, I will discount it as my failure to understand Norwegian culture. Perhaps, in Norway, they have a different philosophy about forgiveness or sympathy. I don't know.In the end, this movie sucked. I think it had potential but seemed to just screw up over and over again. The ending was really bad and left me wondering, "what the hell?" Don't bother wasting your time on this one. I'm sure there's a at least one good group on WoW that you can run ICC-10 man with on WoW, but even if there isn't, it'd be less torture than this movie.
syfyboy
I never ever watched a Norwegian movie before, so at first I didn't not know what to expect, I had some reservations. The pace of the movie is slow throughout the entire movie and it's not a bad thing. As others commented the cinematography is very good, the scenery is beautiful in its own way. The few plot holes didn't bothered me that much as I was concentrated more to figure out who the killer was. I think that the main actor (Kai Koss) was the killer (I think) because in the woods when he meets Peter, facing him, his movements are the same as Peter's, in the photo he sees the blond boy, but when Sara looks at the picture the head is ripped of and the boy has no red balls in his hands...and many more clues. The acting was OK, it could have been better, some situations were sometimes not credible or just plain stupid. Overall it was an interesting look inside a Nordic horror movie...Not bad at all...
Michel Linschoten
*Story and characters* The character in this particular movie is very silent. Read the plot, then it gets clear why. This Norwegian movie surprised me big time! The main actor plays his part very well. As well as the supporting roles are well worked out with exception of one. I do blame the actor for that (who plays Roy) he is a very obvious misfit actor to play his role.Offcourse remind you, is subjective but still worth mentioning. The movie storyline is not to obvious until halfway the movie then you get the "clue" very easy. I like that, most really B-flick from the 1st min to the end is to predictable. This one is not, and if the clue is out the movie progresses as such. Meaning that the do not try to enhance the mystic around it no more.So i would say the characters (mainly the main character) and the storyline are pretty good! *Hack and slash! or....* Thats what i love about this movie! It is not a obvious hack and slash movie. In the entire movie FEW ppl get killed and still managed to keep me at my seat. It is a real suspense horror/thriller movie, and thank god not a Jason Voorhees kind of ripoff! Excellent, and very enjoyable to watch. The langue Norwegian do not worry there is very low on dialog to begin with. But even then it is not a pest true out the movie.*Overall* Great suspense thriller/horror. The did a excellent job and this movie is well worth a watch! It has the feel of seven good camera-work nothing cheesy i could detect about this movie. This is one of those, yeah indeed with a low budget you can make a kick-ass movie.
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