Kritiken (1)
This is quite a hard film to rate. Two years ago, indie horror fans were captivated by Scott Shirmer’s début Found, a film that was very cheap, but even with that ridiculously low budget, it did more than many other creators can do with a much bigger budget. In Found, the character is affected after watching an old trashy horror film called Headless, and now we have a chance to finally see this “lost horror movie from the 1970s” as some sort of sibling to Found – a film inspired by images of a film within a film. So it will greatly depend on the individual approach of each viewer. The film itself, without its context, can not be considered very good by any modern standards. The visuals, the edition, the camera, everything feels like and old VHS bootleg – but that’s exactly the way it wants to feel. And it’s also worth mentioning that the creators do not spare in obscenity, violence and brutality. Actually, I think that in this regard they go further than the great majority of the “video nasties” that have a cult following in certain circles, I mean those that due to their brutality and inappropriateness have been at times banned in certain countries. Here, the perverted murderous psychopath sets on a spiral of violence where gouging out eyes and their subsequent eating (with white and red liquid dripping from the mouth included) is not at the top of the imaginary ranking of nastiness, but rather at the bottom. In other words: it’s not my horror cup of tea, but considering what the film wants to be, it’s good. Some of the images and scenes (especially the murder scenes, which blend reality, imagination and the memories of the murderer) are very strong, a rather weird mix of trash and art. The rating can be anything, basically, I’m between three and four. PS: Someone give this people good money so they can show what they do in big!
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