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- Posted on 2008-11-02
Out of Germany's Black Forest Comes Great Horror
I bought BARRICADE, an indie horror film written and directed by Timo Rose, featuring Joe Zaso and Raine Brown. It was co-written by Ted Geoghegan (writer of Sweat Shop) who is one of the most talented writers in indie horror today.
I have watched it twice in the past week.
The story is one, set in the Black Forest mountains of Germany, of an incestuous and cannibalistic family that kill pretty much all who come to the Black Forest to camp and enjoy some of the most beautiful forest in the world.
The film rocks. It's the most violent and gory film of it's genre that I've seen. There is NOTHING about the film I did not like.
Raine and Joe are fantastic. I absolutely love Raine Brown and believe her to be in the top 5 most talented actresses in indie horror today. The family is scary as hell. The gore f/x are nasty and quite extreme.
The cinematography, directing, and editing are all tight as hell. Mr. Rose is involved in every aspect of the film. He co-writes, directs, edits, co-cinematography, and plays Marc, one of the family. He is a force to be reckoned with in the indie horror world and I'm truly looking forward to his upcoming spin on the werewolf genre, THE BEAST.
Barricade makes the remake of THE HILLS HAVE EYES look like it was made by Walt Disney. Given a choice of THE HILLS HAVE EYES, WRONG TURN, or BARRICADE, choose BARRICADE. You won't be disappointed in the least.
Score: 5
- Posted on 2007-12-29
Lots of gore, but little else.
Obviously a low-budget production, Barricade has little going for it, except for the gore, which is exceptional.
There's no story to speak of. A family of inbred mutant cannibals live out in the woods (which looks suspiciously like a park), where they attack, torture, dismember, and eat people they come across. Our protagonists are attacked, the most annoying one is killed, they fight back, kill the mutants, the end. Yep, that's it. Lighting and photography are sub-standard. The editing varies from adequate to terrible. The acting barely reaches amateur level.
However, it has gore and plenty of it. If you're into the "torture porn" sub-genre of horror (Hostel, etc), then this is for you. People are killed in various sadistic ways, stabbed, cut, dismembered, intestines are pulled out of stomachs and then consumed, there's even nipple mutilation in the unrated version. The mutant killers are also exteremly busy in this film and knock off an alarming number of victims during a very short period of time. The quality of the gore fx is very high and it's likely that most of the money went into this.
Gorehounds will have a great time with this, but don't expect much of anything else.
Score: 2
- Posted on 2007-11-07
Sucks BAAAAAAD!!
This movie was not low budget, it was NO BUDGET. Filled with a homely cast and poor jokes it was not worth the money or time. Raine Brown is terrible as an actress, not to mention ugly as sin. The movie had gore but so what, the plot was weak, the cast was poor, the camera was shakey and overall this movie was a complete stinker! I was thoroughly disgusted by the price once I discovered how bad it really was. Don't buy it, don't even borrow it.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2007-11-03
Everything a gore fan could wish for
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, a real cool old style slasher. If you re a fan of guts and gore you ll definitely love it since theres gore galore, and the gore scenes are really well made. RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY REAL GOREHOUND!!
Score: 5 - Posted on 2007-10-16
BARRICADE YOURSELF AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE
At first I thought I was watching an old Benny Hill comedy. I could not tell you one good thing about this movie except that at some point it would end. True rating would be 0 stars. Don't waste your time or money. Barricade yourself from this movie!!!!
Score: 1
