Calvaire: The Ordeal
by Fabrice Du Welz
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Actor: Brigitte Lahaie, Jackie Berroyer, Jean-Luc Couchard, Laurent Lucas, Philippe NahonDirector: Fabrice Du Welz
Brand: UNIVERSAL MUSIC VIDEO DIST.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Product features:
- In the tradition of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, PSYCHO and DELIVERANCE comes this chilling Belgian horror that pushes the limits of shock filmmaking. Director and co-writer Fabrice Du Welz masterfully evokes a sense of deeply disturbing terror as Marc Stevens world goes profoundly and utterly wrong. When his car breaks down in the middle of the isolated backcountry, he s forced to seek refuge in a ru
DVD Reviews of Calvaire: The Ordeal
DVD Review: Correct! Weird does not equal scary!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Those "crazy" French. This movie is weird. Not scary at all. Some guy kidnaps a musician and imagines he is his wife who died years before. Dresses him up, disfigures him so no one else "finds him attractive"...screws him, etc. The village people are weird,too. They teach their children to screw animals. The movie is pretty stupid. I only paid $4 for this movie (luckily). If you must see this...rent it. Do not buy!!!DVD Review: Weird doesn't equal Scary!
Summary: 2 Stars
Not frightening, just weird. The insanity level of every character, except for the victim, in this film creates a world that is unbelievable. And with zero believability there is zero horror, which is why I don't get scared watching "Godzilla".
***WARNING: Spoilers follow***
The initial set up is pretty good. But it all goes down hill (from a horror movie standpoint) when the entire town is revealed to be raving lunatics during the bar scene. The movie became about being weird for the sake of being weird and lost any footing in reality. Yes, I know, men can do crazy and horrific things as a group. The Nazis come to mind. But this film did not succeed in selling the reality of a group gone mad. That several men would all psychotically believe a bloodied man, in a dress, to be their same lost female lover is ridiculous. The dance sequence IS hilarious though. I'm going to learn that step!
DVD Review: distubing yet focused
Summary: 4 Stars
Incredibly well-filmed, well-acted, near-perfectly-pitched film. Aside from a regrettable "homage" to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (in which a wonderfully-controlled performance takes a disppointing, cliche'ed turn)and a poorly-executed death scene near the end, this had me mesmerised and often on the edge of my seat. Great atmosphere of tension and unanswered questions. The implausible "landscape" is effective and fits the story. The vague morality is SO well done and serves the film perfectly. If only the director could've restrained his "these films influenced me" excesses, I'd have given this 5 stars. Not for everyone, by all means, but, if you like an intelligently disturbing film that leaves JUST ENOUGH answered questions, this is one to take a chance on. DVD Review: The victim guy is an idiot.
Summary: 2 Stars
Some guy takes a wrong turn in the woods and gets pumped in the [...]. As exciting as that sounds it ain't. Mainly due to the fact that there's way too much time wasted watching this idiot walking around completely oblivious to the signs his [...] is in imminent danger. Seeing some hillibillies gangbanging a calf would have been more than enough to make me get the hell out of there...I'd rather risk starving to death in the woods than to let those inbreds near my hole, but no not this guy. Strange [...] happens and he just keeps hanging around until finally they beat him up, shave his head, crucify him and [...]secks the hell out of his ripe hole.
Worth a one time watch just for the last 30 minutes, but if you do a little fast-forwarding at the beginning you won't miss [...].
DVD Review: Le Calvaire . . . an ordeal indeed
Summary: 3 Stars
And an ordeal it certainly is . Calvaire is not just about the horror of all that can go wrong on a person's worst day - and when nowhere near civilization, it is about the staggering desolation and spiritual destitution of being broken by a psychopath with no hope of getting help from the outside world and at the same time being physically disabled by your tormentor . The scene with Marc, Boris and Bartel at the Kitchen table - shot with a 360 degree panorama that induces vertigo - is a psychoscopic peak into the madness that surrounds Marc and is close to ensconcing him completely, if only he can escape . Calvaire, not for the weak or easily intimidated but like all good horror movies from France & Belgium is definetly worth seeing .
Description of Calvaire: The Ordeal
In the tradition of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, PSYCHO and DELIVERANCE comes this chilling Belgian horror that pushes the limits of shock filmmaking. Director and co-writer Fabrice Du Welz masterfully evokes a sense of deeply disturbing terror as Marc Stevens' world goes profoundly and utterly wrong. When his car breaks down in the middle of the isolated backcountry, he's forced to seek refuge in a rural inn. Marc is taken in by Bartel, a lonely and psychologically fragile innkeeper who promises to help. But when Marc catches him dismantling his car, he realizes that the innkeeper has other plans for him - sadistic plans that will push him to the bounds of human pain and suffering.General DVDs
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