Review of Calvaire (2005) by Oscar T — 05 Oct 2008
Survival horror for the art house crowd, Calvaire has a unique oddness that drives its deranged story straight into the eyeballs of viewers. The horror here is in the insanity of the captors and the atmosphere of the area where the main character is stranded.
If you want silly excessive gore, this is not your movie. If you want a captive survival horror narrative that dares to flirt with believable mental illness and bothers to use the camera and cinematography to tell the story as much as dialogue, this is it.
This is middle of nowhere backwards crazy people done to a perfect chime; look no further for your pigfucking scene needs. I hereby declare that I believe this film is superior to "Deliverance".
"Most fucked up" highlight: the village dancing around the piano.
This review of Calvaire (2005) was written by Oscar T on 05 Oct 2008.
Calvaire has generally received mixed reviews.
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