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no wasn’t even the same movie lmfaooo Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review unknown Movies wasn’t even that good, it was boring and most of the time just them fighting and getting naked Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/22 Full Review Unpretentious N This movie seems to only be liked by art film students and certain critics. I don't understand its acclaim. The film was strange, hard to understand, had not-so-great special effects, and the sequence with Adjani screaming in the tunnel was endless and tiresome at best. The acting in most of it was decent, and if you dig deeper into the themes it will make more sense, but if you go into it as I did just looking at Barbara Baranowska's superior French film poster with a Medusa-like figure on the cover that piques your interest, you will be disappointed because you expect so much more than it gives. I will say that there is a missing plot point during the tunnel screaming sequence that makes it much more understandable, but without it, the sequence makes no sense. I've seen worse movies, so I'm giving this a 1 and 1/2. Stay away if you want entertainment; if you want to be pretentious and/or are in film school, watch and give it the praise its Emperor's New Clothes doesn't deserve. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/10/25 Full Review Will M Probably groundbreaking for it's time, but even in it's most famous scene, the SFX were much terrifying than what we have now. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Blu B A Horror Classic. If you ever wanna know what actors talk about when the best ones "Surrender themselves to the character" to achieve the highest level possible, look no further than the subway scene with Isabelle Adjani. One of the best performances I've seen. Really just amazing across the board but she is just...wow. Words don't even describe how disturbing her portrayal is. Direction is just first rate. I love how there is hardly any medium shots at all. The camerawork is so sophiscated and the creature design is amazing. The editing and pacing is masterful. The performances, fights, breakdowns, are just spellbinding. You can't look away. This is a very open ended interpretation of themes of divorce, fading love, breakdown of family, how we see people vs. what really is, and even the Cold War to an extent. This is sort of like a Polanksi flick if you mixed it with a hint of David Cronenberg. This defintely is something that you need to watch more than once to continue to absorb everything and has artgouse elements to it too. I do have to say it can be a little too open and abstract for my taste and I wish it had a bit more structure to it like a Lynch film to better organize it. And I don't think the Cold War overhang and ending don't add much and are just kind of put there just to be artsy. There's already soooo much here to explore and digest. But that being said it's one of the best horror films of the 80's and truly unique. Anyone who is a fan of horror, the director, any actors in this, psychological thrillers, or even arthouse type of flicks should check this out. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/25 Full Review Stephanie L Absolutely unhinged. Loud and bizarre. Two of the worst people you'll never meet spiral into a twisted nightmare. What I imagine happens to people on bath salts. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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