Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made

Even knowing and appreciating the artifice doesn't entirely deprive the film of its eerie power.

ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE is a mind bomb that is precisely calculated to grow on you. It is quite a feat for a film to have its artifice laid bare and still be able to wrap cold fingers around your spine.

A film from the 1970s about a brother and sister who endeavor to dig a hole into Hell; all wrapped up within a contemporary documentary about this film's curse. Or at least so it seems.

The mockumentary structure seems to simply be a way to smuggle a very subpar horror movie into the world, using the clothing of something far more interesting.

There's a genuine creepiness about it, and it will haunt you.

All of these themes are so powerful yet the storyline is so simple and that's the genius of it but unfortunately I find the film does a disservice by hyping itself.

The experience is a lot stronger in premise than in execution (...) with perhaps more attention paid to the cosmetic appearance of this 'lost film from the 70s' than to a film which really rewards being seen.

I suppose you have to respect how extra Antrum is. In a way, its biggest problem is that Amito and Laicini have too many good ideas here.

Antrum promises a hellfire-kissed passageway to the devil's door, but ultimately keeps viewers in the doghouse.

Amito and Laicini ensure it all unfolds in an earnestly told and legitimately chilling manner, both their faux-70s filmmaking technique and pretend 'experts' convincing.