Martyrs, the 2nd French gorefest directed by Pascal Laugier, is one of the few movies I have seen in my adult life that really threw me for a loop. As an avid horror movie fan, I came to realize this wasn't the run of the mill slasher flick within the first 15 minutes. I can honestly say I was disturbed, intrigued and a bit shaken up by the end. I'll even go as far as admitting it took all I had to finish the movie without taking a break due to it's sheer relentlessness. Upon finishing it, I sat back and had to say "holy shit!", then got some water...
If you are up to the challenge and like intensely horrific movies that leave you thinking, feel free to give this one a shot. This is DEFINITELY not for the faint of heart.
Kudos to the French for releasing this. Perhaps American horror film makers will have the balls one day to conjure up an equivalent to this.
Good luck!
i am such a wimp.
ReplyDeletelol.
Yeah, if you admit wimpishness then this definitely isn't for you.
ReplyDeleteThink I'll pass and take your word for it!
ReplyDeletehow about i was screaming through most of i am legend?
ReplyDeletei actually turned to my friend and said "you didn't tell me this was a horror movie!"
in fact i might have nightmares off that movie poster alone.
*shudders*