surprised by the bloody shots

trashgang

I give a big applause to Joel Schumacher, the director. He's 70 years old when he directed this, imagine that. Joel is known for a few blockbusters like Batman and Robin and Batman Forever or even for 8mm. This supernatural tale was for me a big surprise on the blood content. I didn't really knew this flick but I've seen some of his efforts and really, this I would put into the horror label (with a supernatural twist of course). You could say that it could be compared with Jeepers Creepers (the way the killer acted, I mean). But I was a bit disappointed on the fact that it never was really scary or even frightening. Again, if you haven't seen creeps with white eyes than you surely will be frightened but I think people who will watch this are into the horror genre. But it's the use of gore and the special effects that really up-scaled my vote. The decapitation, the hitting with some kind of crowbar is really well done. CGI is used but in a very good way. It doesn't distract you from the screen. The acting was believable, let's face it, Fassbender is the biggest name and casted as a German nazi, great because he's German and does well on the accent. I had this DVD a lot of time in my hands at the shops and a few times I put it back on the shelves, but I'm glad that I picked it up again recently...

score 6/10

trashgang 16 January 2011

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