view_and_review
Some randomly selected people wake up to find themselves in a house with contraptions stuck to the back of their heads. Now, I know what you're thinking: "This is another Saw or Saw-like movie in which they are all part of some elaborate death trap and they have to figure it out or die." No, that's not what this movie is. They were all there to provide a critical component from their brains to create the hottest drug on the market. Except, the only way to get this particular fluid from the brain was through pain. They all had a quota and 24 hours to meet that quota... so let the torture begin.This is one incredible movie. I was thinking about this movie long after it was over. This movie made me wince several times as the characters tortured each other in various imaginative ways in order to produce that coveted brain juice. Unfortunately for them their choices were very limited: suffer through pain or die. This was a cool, thrilling under-the-radar horror film.
in1984
At least the opening scene should have a subtitle "inspired by Dexter the TV series". While the basis for the plot is new and interesting and also has the Human Centipede/Saw gore feel to it, the actual setup to the point where the horror/gore begins is horrifyingly weak.The actors help make the film bearable, and Maya Hazen is awesome. While the characters may seem stupid beyond belief or unrealistically smart in some cases, after watching a film like Compliance that's based on real life idiots, it's best to simply take it all in. They usually tie into the overall story and are better than screaming stupid naked teens running off in all directions from bigfoot, big fang, etc. In short, the stupidity typically fits into the situation and is part of building the suspense/agitation.There's apparently a new category developing for films that annoy along side horror, tragedy, sex, and comedy. This is a combination of annoyance and standard gore. That may not be a good idea for an entire film.This also works as a story in what not to do. It does give you points of satisfaction to offset the gore, plot development stupidity, and other annoyances as if those are all pains to achieve the gain. It's horribly disappointing that opportunities for titty twisters were missed. The writer and director are in desperate need of a sense of humor.FYI, my rating may be a little harsh and I'm tempted to up it to a 5, but don't bet your collar bone on it.
homecoming8
After watching "Vile" and reading a couple of surprisingly good reviews on it, there's only one explanation: these must have been written by the producers and actors of "Vile". First off, I'm a horror fan and I also love movies like "Saw" and "Hostel". "Vile" is a very cheap copy of "Saw" and "Cube" but the production values are very bad: the shaky camera work gives you a headache, the script is stupid with characters that do not make any sense at all. The cast is not awful but also not convincing. But then again, the characters are badly written. Basically, the story is about a couple of friends that pick up a female hitchhiker. She drugs them all (believe that ?) and they wake up in a room with 5 other people. They are somehow forced to torture each other, because that releases a drug in the brain that the mysterious woman behind the screens wants. Yep, after 7 minutes of screen time we move to the dark room where the entire movie takes place. Boring, not interesting and not scary in any way. That's also why the torture scenes do not work on any level. You just pray the running time of this movie is limited but 88 minutes is way too long for this simple plot.
Ben Harrington
It was more torture sitting through this movie than actually being in the house itself. The movie starts off with decent character development and promising cinematography that makes the viewer believe they're about to get their moneys worth. It quickly takes a 180 into terrible-ville when they're ambushed by the most unlikely of attackers... A slutty cougar in stilettos creeping around at 1 am asking people for rides. Being the poor suckers that they are, this band of genius' give her a ride and thus starts the worst horror movie ever made. Saying that this was a torture porn would be giving it far too much credit. The torture scenes were short and ill conceived. You can not even put this movie in the same category as Saw or Hostile. The most graphic scene was the movie poster, and that's doing it too much justice. Albeit, the concept was original and had promise: 8 individuals trapped in a house and they're only way to escape is to beat on each other. The story did not follow through with the psychological thriller theme, and there was very little character development past the first 5 minutes, so you really don't care which one of these character's die.In short... there's really no reason to pay money to watch this film. And in fact no reason for me to finish writing this review on a movie that apparently the writer's phoned in.
AD
