Deep In The Woods
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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 2000
DVD Release : 23 October, 2001 |
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Deep In The Woods Customer Reviews
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mmm, euro good
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I completely missed this film when it first came out and was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled across its existence recently. I originally assumed from the Artisan DVD package design that this was yet another low budget american Scream wanna-be production and ignored it but this turns out actually to be a quite satisfying french (belgian?) Scream wanna-be production. For me, euro good, though I know there are those who don't respond well to foreign films of any sort, horror included: euro bad. But euro horror tends in my general experience to be more atmospheric and often pays much more attention to visual details and style in filmmaking than american horror (and often tries to do more with subtext); logic does tend to take a back seat to effect of course. You can tell right off from the first sequence that there is a strong Argento influence in this film, and I spotted various references, perhaps intentional tributes or maybe just unconscious influences, throughout to lots of euro horror classics.
The main reason to watch this film is in the execution; there isn't anything here you haven't seen before but it's done much better here than usual. For anybody who values storytelling technique in horror films, you should find much to your liking here. The suspense is built very nicely and some of the deaths are first rate in my view. The actors are generally pretty appealing and there is a refreshing lack of comedy and irony in this movie. Rather, in springboarding off the little red riding hood tale, the film tries to go for a more serious dream-nightmare fable feel. My problem with comedy and irony in horror these days is that it tends to mean that the filmmakers are making excuses for themselves, building in a defense against criticism, rather than trying hard. (You mean you took us seriously? But it's all just a joke these kinds of movies, don't you know.) The ending is a bit too positive for my tastes, as tends to be the case nowadays, so I am docking it a star, sorry to say.
I strongly recommend that you watch this movie widescreen (in the dark of course) and go with the subtitled french audio rather than the dub, which is, as usual, pretty poorly done. For euro horror fans, definitely have a look. |
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