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03/02/2014 horror 'concept pic' that i didn't like it See more 11/16/2012 Who cares if there's no dialogue? Good movie See more 12/31/2011 If you don't mind watching a film that looks & feels like a senior thesis then you are in for a special treat that proves that you don't need a lot of money, name actors, gimmicks, gore, an over complicated or convoluted plot to make an effective horror movie. My only regret is not seeing this film sooner. See more 07/17/2011 Just watched this, I was bored to tears... See more 07/06/2011 An old hermit dubbed as Virgil (Edmond Mercier) loses his cat and tries to track him down in the woods. Instead of his cat he finds a man strangling a girl until she dies. Virgil runs away and calls the police to investigate the murder. The first words uttered in this film are indeed "Murder" - and those are literally the only words that Virgil utters throughout the entire film. After the girl's body cannot be found Virgil starts having strange visions - possibly due to some form of post traumatic stress disorder or it could even be that the girl is contacting Virgil from the dead. With these visions Virgil finds himself getting closer and closer to the answer of a mystery that, even in the end, isn't entirely understandable. Hardly any dialogue is in this film so the story is told visually just about for its entirety. The films is very slowly paced, but very eerie at the same time. It borrows heavily from the visual style of Tetsuo: The Iron Man as well as other Japanese Cyberpunk movies (see Tetsuo and you'll see what I mean), but at the same time develops a sort of style of its own. I can't say much about the acting except that the actors are masters of silence and facial expressions - though when words really are spoken, they, for the most part, are similar to dialogue when spoken in Eraserhead. To hear words in this film is one of the most surreal things imaginable, and is partly why this is a horrific masterpiece. What's great is that there's also some humor too, for instance when a certain body wearing a loose jacket is being dragged - the jacket slides off, and the dragger has to pick the person up again. Also Virgil gets revenge on his runaway cat for all the trouble it caused him, which is pretty disturbing, but humorous at the same time. This film may require some good amount of attention, but those who love eerie visuals will find their interest arrested in this film's wonderfully, creepy and bizarre shots. Plus the style mixture is just great! See more 05/07/2011 Don't let the horror title fool you, I'd call this more of a suspense thriller. Like a silent film, seriously 95% dialogue free! The lead hermit the story revolves around had me intrigued the whole film. There are so many movies with similar themes these days, I really enjoyed this low budget, unique take on the genre. See more Read all reviews

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