Inside - Review

Inside (original title: À l'intérieur) is a french movie, directed by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, two guys who haven't really done anything else. Bustillo is also the writer of the movie, and it stars Béatrice Dalle and Alysson Paradis in the two main roles.

STORY

The movie is about Sarah, a pregnant girl who stays at home at christmas eve, mourning her husband as she waits for the next day to arrive, when she is to give birth to her child. However, in the evening, a strange lady seeks her out, and tries to break into her house. After calling the police, Sarah is reassured that the lady has gone away, while in reality she's already inside her house. It turns out that the strange lady wants Sarahs child, and is more than willing to cut open her stomach with a pair of sharp scissors and tear the child out of her.

 The movie even starts with a rather gory car-crash, setting the tone of the movie perfectly

The story of Inside isn't bad, but it isn't storytelling genious either. For a more toned down movie, the story might have been a little lacking, but plenty of gory encounters, actionfilled and suspense-packed moments makes up for a mediocre story, and the story turns out suiting this film brilliantly. Some things in the movie doesn't really make sense, and some of the characters decisions would definately never go down in the real world, but the overall pace and tone of the movie makes me really forgive these moments, and it's entirely possible to ignore them almost completely. It's not supposed to be a really smart movie, but for a gore-packed horror, it's above industry standard.

7 out of 10 points for the story

GORE
This movie is really packed from start to end with the gory stuff. The opening scene features a bloody car crash, and even the opening credits go over a gory mess (that doesn't make sense at the time, but is clearer on repeated viewings). After the start, it takes a little time before the blood and gore returns, but when it does, it's in grand-scale! Now, as we all know, not all movies handle gore in a good way, and even good movies can be plagued by bad or cheap effects... Not this one! The gore in Inside is very well made and shot, and you'll probably cringe at certain points (I know I did) when the gore looks really good and the wounds look excruciatingly painful.

The gore is definately helped by excellent cinematography, filming and acting. The screams and moans from the actors seem real enough for the most part, and the two leads are especially good. It seems like everyone had a good time making this movie, at the same time as they took themselves seriously.

Examples of gory points in the movie: Several people are shot in the head, grisly results are shown. Several people are also stabbed with knitting pins, one in the eye. The sharp scissors mentioned are used for slashing the main character in the face and stabbing her arm, but also for severely mangling a mans face, and stabbing his private parts. At one point a character has to cut a hole in her own throat to breathe, and someone is stabbed through the neck with a knitting pin. (These are just some examples, there are more, and some are left out because they would be spoilers... but trust me, they're good!)

So, as I've tried to say, the gore looks really good in this movie. A few cheap cgi effects are thrown in, but they make up very little of the gore, and are really only transitional effects. All in all, the gore looks very good, and is extremely well done, not to mention that there is plenty of it! I am sure any gorehound will be impressed with and enjoy the gore in this movie, like I did.

9 out of 10 points for the gore

MOVIE

 As you've probably already figured out, I really enjoy this movie. It's well directed, decently written, excellently filmed and acted, and it features some really superb effects.

It's an easy film to reccomend to any gorehound and horror-lover... But it's definately not for those who are squeamish, and it's probably not for you if you're pregnant.

9 out of 10 sharp scissors for this movie!