The_Horshack_Redemption

It looks and feels exactly like a soap opera from the 1970s-1980s. The film is videotaped, and the music is straight out of "Young and the Restless" or "Guiding Light" - and so is the pace, dialogue, and story line.

That being said, it's inexplicably chock full of nudity of the most gratuitous sort. Not that I'm complaining - but it's a bit jarring! Britt Ekland, Stephanie Grant and Suzanne Barker spend a good percentage of their screen time in various states of undress.

Overall, it's pretty uninspired (the director primarily did TV fluff like The Littlest Hobo) but due to its frequent nudity, definitely not forgettable.

I'm sure lovers of this film will just think I am an uncultured idiot who can't appreciate art. Think what you like, I was bored to tears - to say this movie moves at a snail's pace is misleading. It doesn't move at all! It literally takes its time going nowhere.

There's a scene where Bartel examines Marc's van, and I swear it lasted 15 minutes. Just what I want in a horror film - an old man looking through a van.... with no plot progression, no music, no startles or scares. Nothing! Other than being stuck in the woods - where exactly is the similarity to Texas Chainsaw and Deliverance? Those movies were gritty and filled with high tension... this was nothing at all like those movies.

So, if you want to hold your nose high and pretend this was high art, go right ahead. Meanwhile, I'll stick with some European horror flicks that actually manage to provide scares (i.e. Inside, REC, Let the Right One In, etc.)

What more do you want out of a horror movie? It was about as frightening as they come and it was well crafted. It will probably keep me awake for many weeks to come. And the ending.... well, let's just say it delivered the goods.

It's been compared to The Blair Witch Project; however, aside from the hand-held camera feel, the comparisons should end there. There is nothing amateur or gimmicky about REC. Not since Night of the Living Dead has this storyline been done so effectively.

It sure didn't take Hollywood long to remake this (Quaranteen); maybe they'll come up with an original idea of their own for a horror film one day. I'm not holding my breath.