I loved this. Tiny set, never lets up on the strangeness, deals with the occult alongside real-life horrors, and still packs in some great gore.
Using the tinniest of settings - one prison cell - the film stages a grand odyssey and one never tires of the setting.
As usual, I'v...( read more)
Boris Lutz,
Clovis Cornillac,
Didier Benureau,
Dimitri Rataud,
Geoffrey Carey
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In a penitentiary, four prisoners occupy a cell: Carrère (Gérald Laroche), who used his company to commit a fraud and was betrayed by his wife; the drag Marcus (Clovis Cornillac) and his protégée, the...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008
Stats: 52 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (52)
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October 6, 2008
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April 18, 2008
A very entertaining film that keeps the pace going with a decent story, well written dialogue and good characters. Reminds me of a lot of the older horror films where plot actually meant something.
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January 24, 2009
absurda historia de terror francesa con algunas situaciones gore interesantes
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September 16, 2008
It took quite a while for Eric Valette's somber four-man prison drama (with an irresistible supernatural hook) to make its way over to us, but this little movie is every bit as sweet as I always knew it would be. Proof of what can be done with very limited resources and a lot of ...( read more)
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July 31, 2008
This kind of reminded me of Lord of Illusions to me. I read that it is was very gory but it really wasnt. But the movie kept me very interested all the way to the end.
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July 10, 2007
Well I wouldnt call this Movie as Horror. It was more a Bloody Psycho thingy. Somuch didnt make sense...
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April 15, 2007
Wonderful French movie regarding the occult and the claustrophobic confines of prison.
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