Comments on: Frontier(s) of torture

By: Nita

Nita — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:14:12 +0000

I finally got the chance to see this film last week and I have very mixed emotions. I found the cinematography very well done. The characters were rather “real” and the tension was there…though not as tense as I expected.
The violence factor was a skinch on the tame side, however there was enough blood to fill an olympic sized swimming pool.
Over all…a valiant effort.
Nate, you did the best job making me want to go see it! I have to thank you for a decient suggestion.

By: Nathan Rand

Nathan Rand — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:47:44 +0000

Certainly. Comparisons are inevitable, but people expecting a movie similar to À l’intérieur are going to get something completely different. The French really are on a roll with this stuff right now.

By: Lurple

Lurple — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:42:06 +0000

I am sure that the reason the two names come up together so often is that they are both French, and they’re both pretty brutal. It’s gotten people interested in looking for other French horror films along the same lines, wondering what they might have missed.

I’ve only seen À l’intérieur at this point and I can definitely agree that it was vicious. The level of gore was staggering given the short running time and small cast.

By: Nathan Rand

Nathan Rand — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:10:39 +0000

To be honest, I really wouldn’t compare the two. I like them both, but for completely different reasons. À l’intérieur is actually the superior film ( and far more brutal ), but both exist entirely on their own terms. The gore is more vicious in À l’intérieur but Frontier(s) focuses more on pure violence.

By: Lurple

Lurple — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:53:29 +0000

I’ve seen this movie compared to À l’intérieur a lot recently. I’ll have to check it out when I’m in the mood for something unpleasant.

By: Nathan Rand

Nathan Rand — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:06:59 +0000

…And you are, of course, welcome to disagree. I still stand by my argument: I think there is more to Frontier(s) than a simple gross-out, the cast delivered great performances across the board, and the intensity didn’t let up once the movie got going.

Is it a perfect movie? Absolutely not. Have there been better horror movies? Certainly. I don’t think Frontier(s) is the second coming, but I do think it is a very well executed thrill-ride that delivers on what it promises an audience.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:57:05 +0000

Caught this one in the theater during a recent trip to Seattle and couldn’t disagree with you more. I didn’t feel like any of the characters were brought to life and the storyline was predictable with a very “been there seen that” feel to it. Frankly, I don’t get much charge out of this type of torture horror which seems intent on just grossing out the viewer for the sake of grossing out the viewer. Hooper’s original CHAINSAW is a far more powerful look at the family dynamic gone haywire with 1/100th of the gore but 1000 times the raw tension while Marshall’s THE DESCENT at least took the time to flesh out characters we cared about before he put them through the paces. Maybe I’m just getting old but I don’t find anything entertaining about this sort of “horror” anymore.