Frontiere(s) 2007
Sub-Genre- Torture Porn
In Attendance- Me...
Cast Members of Note- The yummy Karina Testa, and a bunch of French people.
What's it about?- Basically, it's a fun little vacation movie; Some French thugs, fresh off of a robbery, flee a riotous Paris in hopes of a nice countryside getaway. Luckily for them, they happen upon a quaint little inn run by a 90 year old Neo-Nazi and his inbred whack-job family.
Soon, the Aryan Adam and Eve (Or more appropriately, Heinrich und Gerta) story kicks in, and poor Yasmine is chosen to be the new baby factory for the family (since the old one turns out nothing but inferior mongoloids.) Aryans can be so picky!
After a quick haircut, and a nice supper with the Von Geisler clan, Yasmine flips out and people start dying. All of it could have been avoided of course, if she would have just come to terms with letting her hoo-ha be used for birthing a new world order of cannibal facists, but nooooo... she has to have things her way. Sigh.
I wont ruin the ending here, but suffice it to say that The Germans don't like The French so much. Also, French chicks know how to use table saws pretty well.
The Good- Clocking in at nearly 2 hours, Frontiere(s) is a hell of a ride. It's more disturbing and unsettling than it is overtly violent or bloody, but all elements are present and used to great effect.
It's NC-17 rating prevented it from having a U.S. theatrical run alongside the other 8 Films to Die For last year, instead prompting and immediate DVD release after weekend long release in a handful of theaters. A movie like this is just too rough for the American public I suppose.
Oddly enough, the more Foreign horror I watch, and of late mainly French horror, the more I realize that they are more fucked up over there than we ever could be here in the U.S.
Frontiere(s) borrows heavily (or gives nods to, depending on how you see things) from other horror movies such as TCM, any number of the hillbilly horror flicks, Haute Tension... but pulls it off nicely and doesnt insult in the process.
Fun, mean, tense, bloody, creepy, disturbing... I really did like this flick.
The Bad- This, movie has another dumb female lead; when the boyfriend tells you to run, honey, don't argue. Also, always grab the gun.
The Downright Horrendous- I never thought that an old kraut whistling a song could be so creepy.
The Gory- I will admit that with all the hype going into this one, that I expected way more bloodletting; but unless you're looking for Men Behind the Sun or Guinea Pig amounts of gore, this one has more than enough to satisfy you. The gore picks up a bit towards the end, and I for one, squealed with glee.
The Naked- Not much to be had along those lines here, although the German broads are slutty, and have sex with the first guys that walk through the door in one scene. Karina Testa has been nude before, and you can check out a picture or two HERE. (Beware the NSFW nudity!)
What did we learn?- Nazi's may have been horrible, misguided human beings, but they sure know how to get the job done. Also, never eat the fried pork.
Rating- A- It didn't quite move me as much as other recent French horror flicks Them or Insdie did, but it was nearly as effective in it's own way. It's an own for some, a rent for most, but worth seeing either way.
Final Thoughts- She looks good not covered in blood.
