Alfred David, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigni
In this brutal, bloody shocker that's invited comparison to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Straw Dogs, struggling singer Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is working the wedding circuit in Belgium when hi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
Stats: 476 reviews
Infuriating, amateurish crap; the end result of a fitfully inventive mind watching too many American horror movies and deciding to piece together an absurdist homage comprised of about four or five mildly interesting set pieces. There's not much reason to care about all the obtus...( read more)
Survival horror for the art house crowd, Calvaire has a unique oddness that drives its deranged story straight into the eyeballs of viewers. The horror here is in the insanity of the captors and the atmosphere of the area where the main character is stranded.
If you want silly e...( read more)
A struggling lounge singer breaks down in the Belgian countryside and is taken in by a lonely inkeeper who doesn't want him to leave. For 45 minutes nothing happens, and then it suddenly explodes into a surreal nightmare. There is a decent 60 minute movie here trapped inside t...( read more)
Avoid this film unless you are an arty-farty buff who likes to pretend to know more than normal people.
What a sick movie this is... I'm not sure about the message it delivers, but I didn't like it. But, if you like to hear pig sounds in a background, and let's face it, guy's fucking pigs, you'll enjoy this movie, but I don't, so a crappy 2.5 out of 5
I usualy like these survival horror movies but this one was very slow. It did have some disturbing scenes though.
You have been warned. I watched this and something inside me died.. or was born..birthed? . Im scared. Send help.
The biggest standout of this production is director Fabrice Du Welz, who gives the film credibility in spite of its subject matter with some inventive usage of the camera which succeeds both in creating a dark and ominous atmosphere, as well as generating a surreal tidal wave of disorientation. The way that the camera swirls round the deranged characters at a 'family' scene, for example, helps to give the film a nasty tint that excellently compliments the subject material. It has to be said that, at times, the bizarre sexual practices get a little out of hand, and it's hard to really take seriously; although in a way this helps to further implement the stark and surreal atmosphere, which in turn helps the film to achieve its aim of shocking its audience. The acting isn't a strong point, however, as some of the central performances are more than a little flat; although this isn't a massive problem as exploitation cinema has never been known for great performances, and the set of actors do succeed in getting the film's point across. Overall, this is certainly one of the weirdest films to be released in the last few years and comes highly recommended to fans of cult cinema!
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