Martyrs (2008)
Country: FR/CAN
Technical: col 99m
Director: Pascal Laugier
Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Synopsis:
A secret organisation imprisons and tortures young girls in the hope of a unearthing a true martyr, one whose transfigured agony will provide them with a witness to what lies beyond death. One of their victims escapes and years later sets about tracking down her tormentors with her friend.
Review:
A film that constantly shifts direction and surprises the viewer: after fifty-five minutes one has already been put through the mincer and seen enough mayhem and extremity for any conventional horror thriller. It has a common theme to the likes of Hostel, though only superficially (unpleasant though it is, it is not cheap exploitation), but it is the film 13 that it most brought to my mind.
Country: FR/CAN
Technical: col 99m
Director: Pascal Laugier
Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Synopsis:
A secret organisation imprisons and tortures young girls in the hope of a unearthing a true martyr, one whose transfigured agony will provide them with a witness to what lies beyond death. One of their victims escapes and years later sets about tracking down her tormentors with her friend.
Review:
A film that constantly shifts direction and surprises the viewer: after fifty-five minutes one has already been put through the mincer and seen enough mayhem and extremity for any conventional horror thriller. It has a common theme to the likes of Hostel, though only superficially (unpleasant though it is, it is not cheap exploitation), but it is the film 13 that it most brought to my mind.
Country: FR/CAN
Technical: col 99m
Director: Pascal Laugier
Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Synopsis:
A secret organisation imprisons and tortures young girls in the hope of a unearthing a true martyr, one whose transfigured agony will provide them with a witness to what lies beyond death. One of their victims escapes and years later sets about tracking down her tormentors with her friend.
Review:
A film that constantly shifts direction and surprises the viewer: after fifty-five minutes one has already been put through the mincer and seen enough mayhem and extremity for any conventional horror thriller. It has a common theme to the likes of Hostel, though only superficially (unpleasant though it is, it is not cheap exploitation), but it is the film 13 that it most brought to my mind.